conhonk

Make your console beep according to the provided frequency and duration.

Installation

• Try using Scoop.
  
  • First, add the LPTSTR-Scoop bucket (if you haven't already):

    $ scoop bucket add lptstr https://github.com/lptstr/lptstr-scoop
    

  • Now install the application:

    $ scoop install conhonk
    

• If you aren't interested in using a package manager, just download painter.exe from the latest release in the latest releases section.

Usage

$ ./conhonk --frequency <freq> --duration <milliseconds>

Option	Short	Default	Description
--frequency	-f	800	The frequency of the tone to be emitted
--duration	-d	200	The duration (in milleseconds) of the tone to be emitted

E.g. To beep for 5 seconds on a frequency of 800, run

$ ./conhonk --frequency 800 --duration 5000

The above could be shortened to:

$ ./conhonk -d 5000

Pranks

Add this code to somebody's PowerShell profile:

while ($true) {
  ./conhonk -f 80000 -d 5000
}

Inspiration

• none