The 'play-beep-sound.ps1' Script

July 15, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

This PowerShell script plays a short beep sound at 500Hz for 300ms.

Parameters

PS> ./play-beep-sound.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./play-beep-sound.ps1
(listen and enjoy)

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Plays a short beep sound
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script plays a short beep sound at 500Hz for 300ms.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./play-beep-sound.ps1
	(listen and enjoy)
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

[System.Console]::Beep(500, 300)
Start-Sleep -milliseconds 300
exit 0 # success

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