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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)wall.1      6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH WALL 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: wall \- write to all users
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B wall
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Wall
                     15: reads its standard input until an end-of-file.
                     16: It then sends this message,
                     17: preceded by
                     18: `Broadcast Message ...',
                     19: to all logged in users.
                     20: .PP
                     21: The sender should be super-user to override
                     22: any protections the users may have invoked.
                     23: .SH FILES
                     24: /dev/tty?
                     25: .br
                     26: /etc/utmp
                     27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     28: mesg(1), write(1)
                     29: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     30: `Cannot send to ...' when the open on
                     31: a user's tty file fails.

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