Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> writes:

> On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:55:20 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>
> No, that does not work. Read the manpage to recognize clearly
> _what_ kind of input the /dev/speaker device accepts. It does
> not understand WAV files.
>
> However, try this example (cw.sh):
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> read -p "CW ===> " TEXT
> echo ${TEXT} | morse | awk '{
>       if(length($0) == 0)
>               printf("P4\n");
>       else {
>               gsub(" dit", "P32L32E", $0);
>               gsub(" di",  "P32L32E", $0);
>               gsub(" dah", "P32L8E",  $0);
>               printf("%sP16\n", $0);
>       }
> }' | dd bs=256 of=/dev/speaker > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> This script doesn't require any non-OS components. You can use
> it as a basis to build a program that will send you system messages
> in an audible way in morse code... :-)

Have you looked at the morse man page lately, specifically the -p
option? :-)  Just try 'morse -p sos' to test it.

-- 
Carl Johnson            ca...@peak.org
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