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Is a `beep in terminal` just the system alert sound (4x)?

If you read the article, you'll get the answer :P

I may just be blind but I don’t think I see it referred to as anything besides “terminal beeps” throughout the entire article.

> Here is the exact command I ran on my server: ...

Look at the quoted command, there it is.

He's printing BEL (or \a), which could result in almost any sound depending on how the terminal is configured.

Try it out, open a terminal and type `for i in 1 2 3 4; do printf '\a'; sleep 1; done`

I'm a blue collar electrician, who knows just enough to be dangerous... which is why I won't type random code in on my local terminal (see: am idiot).

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