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NAME

     wall - write a message to users

SYNOPSIS

     wall [file]

DESCRIPTION

     Wall displays the contents of file or, by default, its standard input, on
     the terminals of all currently logged in users.

     Only the super-user can write on the terminals of users who have chosen
     to deny messages or are using a program which automatically denies
     messages.

     Reading from a file is refused when the invoker is not superuser and the
     program is suid or sgid.

SEE ALSO

     mesg(1), talk(1), write(1), shutdown(8)

HISTORY

     A wall command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

AVAILABILITY

     The wall command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available
     from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.