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wall is a Unix command line utility. When invoked, it displays the contents of a file or standard input to all logged-in users.

Invocation


wall is invoked as follows:

foo@lothlorien:~$ wall <filename>

To take standard input as the file, omit the filename.

Output


When invoked, wall displays the following output:

Broadcast Message from foo@lothlorien (/dev/pts/0) at 01:23 ... This is the message that would be sent.

References


Unix software

Wall (Unix)

 

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