illumos gate

`tput bel' works.

There are multiple ways to do this:

a) echo CTRL-G on a console terminal

b) audioplay <some file> pick any .wav

I really don't think a separate beep command is needed. audioplay should be adequate all by itself... note that a number of possible audio files live in /usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/

I'm half inclined to just reject this out of hand, but if someone really thinks that an actual beep command is needed, we can provide one easily enough.

It may simplify porting scripts from Linuxes.

I really really really see no need for this to be in Illumos proper. If a distro wishes to include a beep command, I recommend the following (based upon the above):

#!/bin/sh
tput bel

Yes, it spawns a new shell and forks. But it will still be faster than needed for any use case that comes to mind. I agree with rejection. :) There is nothing wrong with a simple script to do a simple thing, if it does it "good enough". And if a distro does not agree, there is no one stopping them from writing a quickie program in C to do it. I think "make the terminal beep" was one of the first things I learnt years ago, in fact...