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        !            20: .TH TALK 1 "%Q"
        !            21: .UC 5
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: talk \- talk to another user
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B talk
        !            26: person [ ttyname ]
        !            27: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            28: \fITalk\fP is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
        !            29: terminal to that of another user.
        !            30: .PP 
        !            31: If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then \fIperson\fP
        !            32: is just the person's login name.  If you wish to talk to a user on
        !            33: another host, then \fIperson\fP is of the form \fIuser@host\fP.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
        !            36: \fIttyname\fP argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
        !            37: name, where \fIttyname\fP is of the form ``ttyXX''.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: When first called, \fItalk\fP sends the message
        !            40: .PP
        !            41:      Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
        !            42:      talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
        !            43:      talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
        !            46: of the message should reply by typing
        !            47: .PP
        !            48:      talk \ your_name@your_machine
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
        !            51: long as his login-name is the same.  Once communication is established,
        !            52: the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
        !            53: in separate windows.  Typing control L (^L) will cause the screen to
        !            54: be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
        !            55: behave normally.  To exit, just type your interrupt character; \fItalk\fP
        !            56: then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
        !            57: terminal to its previous state.
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the \fImesg\fP
        !            60: command.  At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain commands, in
        !            61: particular \fInroff\fP and \fIpr\fP, disallow messages in order to
        !            62: prevent messy output.
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: .SH FILES
        !            65: /etc/hosts     to find the recipient's machine
        !            66: .br
        !            67: /var/run/utmp          to find the recipient's tty
        !            68: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            69: mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1)
        !            70: .SH BUGS
        !            71: The version of \fItalk\fP(1) released with 4.3BSD uses a protocol that
        !            72: is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 4.2BSD.

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