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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 |
| 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
| 768d351d | 3 | .\" |
| 5f487bdd | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| 768d351d | 5 | .\" |
| ce165a45 | 6 | .\" @(#)wall.1 8.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| b7c42d22 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt WALL 1 | |
| 10 | .Os BSD 4 | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm wall | |
| 13 | .Nd write a message to users | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm wall | |
| 16 | .Op Ar file | |
| 17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 18 | .Nm Wall | |
| b7c42d22 | 19 | displays the contents of |
| 72efebb6 | 20 | .Ar file |
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21 | or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all |
| 22 | currently logged in users. | |
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23 | .Pp |
| 24 | Only the super-user can write on the | |
| 25 | terminals of users who have chosen | |
| 26 | to deny messages or are using a program which | |
| 27 | automatically denies messages. | |
| 28 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 29 | .Xr mesg 1 , | |
| 30 | .Xr talk 1 , | |
| 31 | .Xr write 1 , | |
| 32 | .Xr shutdown 8 | |
| 33 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 34 | A | |
| 35 | .Nm | |
| 36 | command appeared in | |
| 37 | .At v7 . |