Beeping the console

[Jeffrey Barish]

What is the easiest way to beep the console from a Python program (i.e.,
to do the same thing as echo -e \a)?
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Jeffrey Barish

[Peter Kleiweg]

Jeffrey Barish schreef:

What is the easiest way to beep the console from a Python program (i.e.,
to do the same thing as echo -e \a)?

import sys
sys.stdout.write('\a')

or if you don't mind a newline:

print '\a'

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[Wojciech Mula]

Jeffrey Barish wrote:

What is the easiest way to beep the console from a Python program (i.e.,
to do the same thing as echo -e \a)?

import os
import sys

os.write(sys.stdout.fileno(), '\007')

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[Jeffrey Barish]

Peter Kleiweg wrote:

Jeffrey Barish schreef:

What is the easiest way to beep the console from a Python program
(i.e., to do the same thing as echo -e \a)?

import sys
sys.stdout.write('\a')

or if you don't mind a newline:

print '\a'

I tried this solution before posting my question, but I tried it in the
Idle Python shell. When I run the command there it outputs \a. Can
anyone explain why? I should have tested it from a Python prompt in a
normal window, but I wasn't aware that Idle sometimes gives a different
response.

BTW, it's worth noting that in my program this solution works better
with

sys.stdout.flush()

immediately after the write.

Thanks to everyone for the responses.
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Jeffrey Barish