beep: Sort usage and man page options

Sort usage and man page options, mention possible minimum and maximum
values, fix punctuation marks, and cleanup the man page.

PR:		291092
Reviewed by:	pauamma_gundo.com, christos
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53827
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Jose Luis Duran
2025-11-19 15:59:25 +00:00
parent 57d25b6333
commit 55d98b024f
2 changed files with 40 additions and 36 deletions
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd November 4, 2021
.Dt beep 1
.Dd November 19, 2025
.Dt BEEP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm beep
.Nd play a beep sound
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl F Ar frequency
.Op Fl Bh
.Op Fl D Ar duration_ms
.Op Fl r Ar sample_rate_hz
.Op Fl F Ar frequency_hz
.Op Fl d Ar oss_device
.Op Fl g Ar gain
.Op Fl B
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl r Ar sample_rate_hz
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is used to playback a beep on the soundcard.
utility is used to play a beep on the sound card.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-f device"
.It Fl F
Sets the center frequency of the beep in Hz.
The default is 440 Hz .
.It Fl D
Sets the duration of the beep in milliseconds.
The default is 150 ms .
.It Fl d
Sets the soundcard to use.
The default is /dev/dsp .
.It Fl r
Sets the soundcard samplerate in Hz.
The default is 48000 Hz.
.It Fl g
Sets the waveform gain, between 0 and 100 inclusively.
The default is 75.
.Bl -tag -width "-r sample_rate_hz"
.It Fl B
Runs the
.Nm
utility in the background.
.It Fl D Ar duration_ms
Sets the duration of the beep in milliseconds,
between 50\~ms and 2000\~ms inclusively.
The default is 150\~ms.
.It Fl F Ar frequency_hz
Sets the center frequency of the beep in Hz.
The default is 440\~Hz.
.It Fl d Ar oss_device
Sets the OSS device to use.
The default is
.Pa /dev/dsp .
.It Fl g Ar gain
Sets the waveform gain, between 0 and 100 inclusively.
The default is 75.
.It Fl h
Display summary of options.
.It Fl r Ar sample_rate_hz
Sets the sound card sample rate in Hz,
between 8000\~Hz and 48000\~Hz inclusively.
The default is 48000\~Hz.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
Playback default beep sound using /dev/dsp .
Play default beep sound on
.Pa /dev/dsp :
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent
.It $ beep
.El
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ Playback default beep sound using /dev/dsp .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0.
utility first appeared in
.Fx 14.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hselasky@FreeBSD.org
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@@ -133,20 +133,21 @@ wave_function_16(float phase, float power)
static void
usage(void)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [parameters]\n"
"\t" "-F <frequency in HZ, default %d Hz>\n"
"\t" "-D <duration in ms, from %d ms to %d ms, default %d ms>\n"
"\t" "-r <sample rate in HZ, from %d Hz to %d Hz, default %d Hz>\n"
"\t" "-d <OSS device (default %s)>\n"
"\t" "-g <gain from %d to %d, default %d>\n"
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-Bh] [-D duration_ms] [-F frequency_hz] "
"[-d oss_device] [-g gain] [-r sample_rate_hz]\n"
"\t" "-B Run in background\n"
"\t" "-h Show usage\n",
"\t" "-D <duration in ms, from %d ms to %d ms, default %d ms>\n"
"\t" "-F <frequency in Hz, default %d Hz>\n"
"\t" "-d <OSS device, default %s>\n"
"\t" "-g <gain from %d to %d, default %d>\n"
"\t" "-h Show usage\n"
"\t" "-r <sample rate in Hz, from %d Hz to %d Hz, default %d Hz>\n",
getprogname(),
DEFAULT_HZ,
DURATION_MIN, DURATION_MAX, DURATION_DEF,
SAMPLE_RATE_MIN, SAMPLE_RATE_MAX, SAMPLE_RATE_DEF,
DEFAULT_HZ,
DEFAULT_DEVICE,
GAIN_MIN, GAIN_MAX, GAIN_DEF);
GAIN_MIN, GAIN_MAX, GAIN_DEF,
SAMPLE_RATE_MIN, SAMPLE_RATE_MAX, SAMPLE_RATE_DEF);
exit(1);
}