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Linux wall Command

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The Linux wall command sends a message to every logged-in user whose mesg setting is set to yes. When using the terminal interface for standard input, the message must be terminated with EOF (usually Ctrl+D).

Permissions: All users.

Syntax

wall [message]

Example

Send the message "hi" to every user

wall hi

Broadcast message

# wall Ilove

Broadcast message from root (pts/4) (Thu May 27 16:41:09 2014):

Ilove

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