An interesting question about "print '\a'"

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2005-10-24, Anthony Liu wrote:
> We know that if we do
>
> print '\a'
>
> the bell will sound.
>
> Now, why do I hear the sound on my local machine when
> I run a python script on a remote host?
>
> I understand if I hear it when I do 
>
> print '\a'
>
> on my local machine.
>
> Does the command get sent back to the client machine?

    The code is printed to stdout, which is your terminal. Your
    terminal interprets ^G as a beep.

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