diff --git a/pages/linux/write b/pages/linux/write new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f8bf3d652 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/write @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# write + +> Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user. (ctrl-C to stop writing messages) +> To find out your own terminal_id see the 'tty' command +> To find out all terminal_ids of all users active on the system see the 'who' command + +- Send a message to user {{username}} on terminal {{terminal_id}}: + +`write {{username}} {{terminal_id}}` + +- send message to user 'testuser' on terminal /dev/tty/5 + +`write {{testuser}} {{tty/5}}` + +- send message to user 'jhondoe' on pseudo terminal /dev/pts/5 + +`write {{jhondoe}} {{pts/5}}`