tldr/pages/linux/wall.md

# wall

> Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in.
> Only available to super-user.

- Send a message:

`echo "{{message}}" | wall`

- Send a message from a file:

`wall {{file}}`

- Send a message with timeout (default 300):

`wall -t {{seconds}} {{file}}`
add wall 2014-04-04 08:14:57 +01:00			`# wall`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in.`
			`> Only available to super-user.`
add wall 2014-04-04 08:14:57 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Send a message:`
Make tcpdump, wall and useradd match formatting. 2014-08-18 07:22:39 +01:00
change message to file 2014-04-04 08:21:11 +01:00			`echo "{{message}}" \| wall`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Send a message from a file:`
Make tcpdump, wall and useradd match formatting. 2014-08-18 07:22:39 +01:00
change message to file 2014-04-04 08:21:11 +01:00			`wall {{file}}`
add wall 2014-04-04 08:14:57 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Send a message with timeout (default 300):`
Make tcpdump, wall and useradd match formatting. 2014-08-18 07:22:39 +01:00
change message to file 2014-04-04 08:21:11 +01:00			`wall -t {{seconds}} {{file}}`