write
Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (ctrl-C to stop writing messages). Use thewho
command to find out all terminal_ids of all active users active on the system. See alsomesg
. More information: https://manned.org/write.
- Send a message to a given user on a given terminal id:
write {{username}} {{terminal_id}}
- Send message to "testuser" on terminal
/dev/tty/5
:write {{testuser}} {{tty/5}}
- Send message to "johndoe" on pseudo terminal
/dev/pts/5
:write {{johndoe}} {{pts/5}}
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