From 780ba1de5015c9f7b8a04488c00d670481a24dad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Polle Vanhoof Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:58:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] write: add page --- pages/linux/write | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/linux/write 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}}`