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Problem

How to use the msg command: Send a message to a user or session. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msg>.

Solution

msg — Send a message to a user or session. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msg>.

Send a message to a specified user or session:

msg {{username|session_name|session_id}} {{message}}

Send a message from stdin:

echo "{{message}}" | msg {{username|session_name|session_id}}

Send a message to a specific server:

msg /server:{{server_name}} {{username|session_name|session_id}}

Send a message to all users of the current machine:

msg *

Set a delay in seconds for a message:

msg /time:{{10}}

Code Snippets

Send a message to a specified user or session

msg {{username|session_name|session_id}} {{message}}

Send a message from `stdin`

echo "{{message}}" | msg {{username|session_name|session_id}}

Send a message to a specific server

msg /server:{{server_name}} {{username|session_name|session_id}}

Send a message to all users of the current machine

msg *

Set a delay in seconds for a message

msg /time:{{10}}

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tldr-pages: windows/msg

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