bsd man page for wall

Query: wall

OS: bsd

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WALL(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   WALL(1)

NAME
wall - write to all users
SYNOPSIS
wall
DESCRIPTION
Wall reads its standard input until an end-of-file. It then sends this message, preceded by `Broadcast Message ...', to all logged in users. The sender should be super-user to override any protections the users may have invoked.
FILES
/dev/tty? /var/run/utmp
SEE ALSO
mesg(1), write(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
`Cannot send to ...' when the open on a user's tty file fails. 4th Berkeley Distribution November 27, 1996 WALL(1)
Related Man Pages
write(1) - linux
wall(1) - debian
write(1) - freebsd
wall(1) - x11r4
wall(1) - plan9
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