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1.1       root        1: .TH WALL 1 "18 January 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: wall \- write to all users
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B wall
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Wall
                      9: reads its standard input until an end-of-file.
                     10: It then sends this message,
                     11: preceded by
                     12: `Broadcast Message ...',
                     13: to all logged in users.
                     14: .PP
                     15: The sender should be super-user to override
                     16: any protections the users may have invoked.
                     17: .SH FILES
                     18: /dev/tty?
                     19: .br
                     20: /etc/utmp
                     21: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     22: mesg(1), write(1)
                     23: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     24: `Cannot send to ...' when the open on
                     25: a user's tty file fails.

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