WALL(1) |
General Commands Manual |
WALL(1) |
NAME
wall — write a message to users
DESCRIPTION
wall displays the contents of
file or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users.
Only the super-user can write on the terminals of users who have chosen to deny messages or are using a program which automatically denies messages.
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-g
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Send messages to users in this group. This option may be specified multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will receive the message.
HISTORY
A wall command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. Support for -g was added in NetBSD 2.0 (from OpenBSD 2.0).