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# talk
> A visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/html_node/talk-invocation.html>.
- Start a talk session with a user on the same machine:
`talk {{username}}`
- Start a talk session with a user on the same machine, who is logged in on tty3:
`talk {{username}} {{tty3}}`
- Start a talk session with a user on a remote machine:
`talk {{username}}@{{hostname}}`
- Clear text on both terminal screens:
`Ctrl+D`
- Exit the talk session:
`Ctrl+C`