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BEEP(1) General Commands Manual BEEP(1) NAME beep -- play a beep sound SYNOPSIS beep [-Bh] [-D duration_ms] [-F frequency_hz] [-d oss_device] [-g gain] [-r sample_rate_hz] DESCRIPTION The beep utility is used to play a beep on the sound card. The options are as follows: -B Runs the beep utility in the background. -D duration_ms Sets the duration of the beep in milliseconds, be- tween 50 ms and 2000 ms inclusively. The default is 150 ms. -F frequency_hz Sets the center frequency of the beep in Hz. The default is 440 Hz. -d oss_device Sets the OSS device to use. The default is /dev/dsp. -g gain Sets the waveform gain, between 0 and 100 inclu- sively. The default is 75. -h Display summary of options. -r sample_rate_hz Sets the sound card sample rate in Hz, between 8000 Hz and 48000 Hz inclusively. The default is 48000 Hz. EXAMPLES Play default beep sound on /dev/dsp: $ beep SEE ALSO mixer(3), sound(4) HISTORY The beep utility first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0. AUTHORS Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly November 19, 2025 BEEP(1)
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