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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TALK 1 local
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: talk \- talk to another user
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B talk
        !             6: .I user
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I ttyname
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Talk
        !            12: is identical to
        !            13: .IR write (1)
        !            14: except that transmission takes place one character at a time, without
        !            15: waiting for the newline at the end of each line.
        !            16: .I Talk
        !            17: copies characters from your terminal to that of
        !            18: another user.
        !            19: When first called,
        !            20: it sends the message
        !            21: .PP
        !            22:      yourname yourttyname talking...
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: The recipient of the message should talk back at this point.
        !            25: Communication continues until an interrupt (DEL) or EOT (CTRL-d) is sent.
        !            26: At that point
        !            27: .I talk
        !            28: writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once,
        !            31: the
        !            32: .I ttyname
        !            33: argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal name.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
        !            36: .I mesg
        !            37: command.
        !            38: At the outset talking is allowed.
        !            39: Certain commands, in particular
        !            40: .I nroff
        !            41: and
        !            42: .IR pr (1)
        !            43: disallow messages in order to prevent messy output.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
        !            46: .I talk
        !            47: calls the shell to execute the rest of the line as a command.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: The following protocol is suggested for using
        !            50: .IR talk :
        !            51: when you first talk to another user, wait for her to
        !            52: talk back before starting to send.
        !            53: Each party should end each message with a distinctive
        !            54: signal \(em \fB(o)\fR
        !            55: for `over' is conventional \(em so that the other may reply.
        !            56: .B (oo)
        !            57: for `over and out' is suggested when conversation
        !            58: is about to be terminated.
        !            59: .SH FILES
        !            60: /etc/utmp      to find user
        !            61: .br
        !            62: /bin/sh                to execute `!'
        !            63: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            64: .IR write (1), 
        !            65: .IR mesg (1), 
        !            66: .IR who (1), 
        !            67: .IR mail (1)

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