3 ms·
TIL '\a' is bell on POSIX. That's neat to me all by itself.
by drummojg 1y ago
TIL '\a' is bell on POSIX. That's neat to me all by itself.
- extraduder_ire 1y agoIt's character 0x7 in ascii and has existed since before ascii was even standardised. You can type it in a terminal with ctrl-g. It won't be displayed in most cases and if you've configured your terminal like me won't make a sound.