pings with noise-apology

[Tim]

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 11:52 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> So, this command:
>  
>   echo ^G
>  
> also produces no noise? Because that's all ping is goging to be doing.
>  
> That ^G is meant to be a literal ctrl-G, possibly typed as ctrl-v
> then ctrl-g.

All you have to do to test the terminal bell is press the control and g
keys while you're in the terminal.  You don't need to try to print the
character.

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