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wall — Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: <https://manned.org

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Problem

How to use the wall command: Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: <https://manned.org/wall>.

Solution

wall — Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: <https://manned.org/wall>.

Send a message:
wall {{message}}


Send a message to users that belong to a specific group:
wall {{[-g|--group]}} {{group_name}} {{message}}


Send a message from a file:
wall {{file}}


Send a message with timeout (default 300):
wall {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}} {{file}}

Code Snippets

Send a message

wall {{message}}

Send a message to users that belong to a specific group

wall {{[-g|--group]}} {{group_name}} {{message}}

Send a message from a file

wall {{file}}

Send a message with timeout (default 300)

wall {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}} {{file}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/wall

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