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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WRITE 1  "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: write \- write to another user
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B write
        !             6: user [ ttyname ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Write
        !             9: copies lines from your terminal to that of
        !            10: another user.
        !            11: When first called,
        !            12: it sends the message
        !            13: .PP
        !            14:      Message from yoursystem!yourname yourttyname...
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: The recipient of the message should write back at this point.
        !            17: Communication continues until an end of file is
        !            18: read from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.
        !            19: At that point
        !            20: .I write
        !            21: writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,
        !            24: the
        !            25: .I ttyname
        !            26: argument may be used to indicate the
        !            27: appropriate terminal name.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
        !            30: .I mesg
        !            31: command.
        !            32: At the outset writing is allowed.
        !            33: Certain commands, in particular
        !            34: .I nroff
        !            35: and
        !            36: .IR  pr (1)
        !            37: disallow
        !            38: messages in order to prevent messy output.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
        !            41: .I write
        !            42: calls the shell
        !            43: to execute the rest of the
        !            44: line as a command.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: The following protocol is suggested for using
        !            47: .IR write :
        !            48: when you first write to another user, wait for him to
        !            49: write back before starting to send.
        !            50: Each party should end each message with a distinctive
        !            51: signal\(em\fB(o)\fR
        !            52: for `over' is conventional\(emthat the other may reply.
        !            53: .B (oo)
        !            54: for `over and out' is suggested when conversation
        !            55: is about to be terminated.
        !            56: .SH FILES
        !            57: /etc/utmp      to find user
        !            58: .br
        !            59: /bin/sh                to execute `!'
        !            60: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            61: mesg(1), who(1), mail(1)

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