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From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Broadcasting a message?
Date: 13 Nov 1996 01:26:16 GMT
Organization: Grand Valley State University
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exuviae@trans-actions.com wrote:
: Could anyone tell me how to send a message to another terminal,
: or send a system message to all users??  I have been looking for
: this answer for a while.

for all users:
	echo Message | wall

for one person:
	echo Message | write person

--
Matt "Zigg" Behrens            | "The only thing I hate more than
behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu     |  tailgaters are people who go really slow
zigg@iserv.net                 |  in front of me."
http://www2.gvsu.edu/~behrensm |                         - A. Whitney Brown