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echo: rberrypi
to: GORDON HENDERSON
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2019-05-08 08:42:00
subject: Re: Timer accessory for R

Gordon Henderson wrote, on 08-05-2019 08:33:
> bob prohaska   wrote:
>> raspberry pi ? Just something that'll make a noise or signal on
>> the screen after a settable number of minutes, like an egg timer?
>
> sleep 300 ; beep -n 10

No no, he asked for settable minutes, so "sleep 5m; beep -n10" ;)

Oh, I see that beep is not built-in but it's in the repo, see "apt-cache
show beep"

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