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wall

Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: https://manned.org/wall.

  • Send a message:

wall {{message}}

  • Send a message to users that belong to a specific group:

wall --group {{group_name}} {{message}}

  • Send a message from a file:

wall {{file}}

  • Send a message with timeout (default 300):

wall --timeout {{seconds}} {{file}}