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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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