STILL ALIVE as a Bash script with beep (didn't create, just sharing) - sox version

stillalive.rc

# Let 'em know that we're Still Alive
# http://pastebin.com/f72f8f72d (no longer valid)
# On macOS, install sox with brew: `brew install sox`

#!/bin/bash
echo -n "This "
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echo -n "was "
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echo -n "a "
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echo "triumph."
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sleep 0.8

echo -n "I'm making "
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echo -n "a "
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echo -n "note "
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sleep 0.3
echo -n "here: "
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echo -n "huge "
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sleep 0.3
echo "success."
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sleep 0.8

echo -n "It's "
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echo -n "hard "
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echo -n "to "
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echo -n "overstate "
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sleep 0.1
echo -n "my "
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echo "satisfaction."
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sleep 0.1
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sleep 1

echo -n "Aperture "
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echo "Science."
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sleep 0.8

echo -n "We "
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echo -n "do what "
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echo -n "we "
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echo -n "must "
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sleep 0.3
echo -n "because "
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sleep 0.3
echo -n "we "
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echo "can."
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sleep 0.8

echo -n "For "
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echo -n "the "
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echo -n "good "
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echo -n "of "
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echo -n "all "
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echo -n "of "
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echo "us."
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sleep 0.1

echo -n "Except "
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echo -n "the "
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echo -n "ones "
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echo -n "who "
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echo -n "are "
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echo "dead."
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sleep 0.4

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echo -n "But "
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echo -n "there's "
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echo -n "no "
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echo -n "sense "
sleep 0.1
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echo -n "crying "
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echo -n "over "
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sleep 0.05
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echo -n "every "
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echo "mistake,"
sleep 0.05
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sleep 0.05
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sleep 0.2

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echo -n "You "
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echo -n "just "
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echo -n "keep "
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echo -n "on "
sleep 0.1
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echo -n "trying "
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echo -n "til "
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echo -n "you "
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echo -n "run "
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echo -n "out "
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echo -n "of "
sleep 0.05
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echo "cake "
sleep 0.1

echo -n "And "
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echo -n "the "
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echo -n "science "
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echo -n "gets "
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sleep 0.05
echo "done"
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echo -n "and "
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echo -n "you "
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echo -n "make "
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echo -n "a "
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echo -n "neat "
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sleep 0.05
echo "gun"
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sleep 0.1

echo -n "for "
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echo -n "the "
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echo -n "people "
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echo -n "who "
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echo "are"
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sleep 0.05
echo -n "STILL "
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echo "ALIVE "
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