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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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4 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted |
5 | .\" provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are | |
6 | .\" duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, | |
7 | .\" advertising materials, and other materials related to such | |
8 | .\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed | |
9 | .\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the | |
10 | .\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived | |
11 | .\" from this software without specific prior written permission. | |
12 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR | |
13 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED | |
14 | .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | |
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16 | .\" @(#)wall.1 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
17 | .\" | |
18 | .UC 7 | |
5be9d5af | 19 | .TH WALL 1 "" |
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20 | .UC 4 |
21 | .SH NAME | |
b7c42d22 | 22 | wall \- write a message to users |
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23 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
24 | .B wall | |
b7c42d22 | 25 | [ file ] |
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26 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
27 | .I Wall | |
b7c42d22 | 28 | displays the contents of |
55b6a21b | 29 | .I file |
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30 | or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all |
31 | currently logged in users. | |
768d351d | 32 | .PP |
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33 | Appropriate permissions are often required to override protections |
34 | user's place on their terminals. | |
768d351d | 35 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
b7c42d22 | 36 | mesg(1), talk(1), write(1), shutdown(8) |