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		reaperducer on Sept 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analog Terminal Bell Terminal bells trained me to be very cautious about what files I jam into stdout, or its equivalent. There's nothing worse than accidentally cating a binary file and filling the computer room with a string of un-cancellable bells with all eyes on you. It was like a noob detector.

mprovost on Sept 10, 2020 | [–]

When I used to "lose" a shell I would just cat a bell character (^G) to the process's tty and see which screen window went "Wuff, Wuff!!".

aidenn0 on Sept 11, 2020 | [–]

My Dad used to take naps while building, and would do make followed by an echo of a dozen or so bell characters to wake up when it was done.

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