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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd February 24, 2012
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.Dt WALL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wall
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.Nd write a message to users
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl g Ar group
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility displays the contents of
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.Ar file
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or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
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currently logged in users.
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.Pp
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Only the super-user can write on the
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terminals of users who have chosen
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to deny messages or are using a program which
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automatically denies messages.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl g
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Send messages to users in this group.
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This option may be specified
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multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
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receive the message.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mesg 1 ,
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.Xr talk 1 ,
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.Xr write 1 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in PWB UNIX.
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.Sh BUGS
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The sender's
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.Ev LC_CTYPE
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setting is used to determine which characters are safe to write to a
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terminal, not the receiver's (which
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.Nm
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has no way of knowing).
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