// PrintSpecialChar: print some special characters with effect import java.io.*; class PrintSpecialChar { public static void main(String[] arg) throws InterruptedException { /* ----------------------------------------------- 7 (bell) for ( int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { System.out.print( (char) 7 ); Thread.sleep(100); } ----------------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------------- 8 (back space) Try changing prompt to: PS1="" ----------------------------------------------- */ System.out.print( "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"); for ( int i = 0; i < 20; i++) System.out.print( (char) 8 ); } }