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72efebb6 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
b7c42d22 | 2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
768d351d | 3 | .\" |
5f487bdd | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
768d351d | 5 | .\" |
72efebb6 | 6 | .\" @(#)wall.1 6.5 (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 . |