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.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)wall.1	6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH WALL 1 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
wall \- write to all users
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wall
[file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Wall
reads
.I file
or, by default, the standard input, until an end-of-file.
It then sends this message, preceded by ``Broadcast Message ...'',
to all logged in users.
.PP
The sender should be super-user to override any protections the
users may have invoked.
.SH FILES
/dev/tty?
.br
/etc/utmp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mesg(1), write(1), shutdown(8)
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768d351d KM	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	4	.\"
55b6a21b	5	.\" @(#)wall.1 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
768d351d	6	.\"
5be9d5af	7	.TH WALL 1 ""
768d351d KM	8	.UC 4
	9	.SH NAME
	10	wall \- write to all users
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
	12	.B wall
55b6a21b	13	[file]
768d351d KM	14	.SH DESCRIPTION
768d351d KM	15	.I Wall
55b6a21b KB	16	reads
	17	.I file
	18	or, by default, the standard input, until an end-of-file.
	19	It then sends this message, preceded by ``Broadcast Message ...'',
768d351d KM	20	to all logged in users.
768d351d KM	21	.PP
55b6a21b KB	22	The sender should be super-user to override any protections the
55b6a21b KB	23	users may have invoked.
768d351d KM	24	.SH FILES
	25	/dev/tty?
	26	.br
	27	/etc/utmp
	28	.SH "SEE ALSO"
55b6a21b	29	mesg(1), write(1), shutdown(8)