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wall commands
I would like to know when using the wall command can I send a message to a specific user that is logged in.
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Code:
man wall

DESCRIPTION
     wall  reads its standard input until an end-of-file. It then
     sends this message to all currently logged-in users preceded
     by:

     Broadcast Message from ...
If your looking to send a msg to a specific person just use write

Code:
write pts/? I am going to write this to you
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