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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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+.\"     @(#)wall.1	6.5 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
+.\"
+.\" Modified for Linux, Mon Mar  8 18:07:38 1993, faith@cs.unc.edu
+.\"
+.Dd March 8, 1993
+.Dt WALL 1
+.Os "Linux 0.99"
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm wall
+.Nd write a message to users
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm wall
+.Op Ar file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Wall
+displays the contents of
+.Ar file
+or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
+currently logged in users.
+.Pp
+Only the super-user can write on the
+terminals of users who have chosen
+to deny messages or are using a program which
+automatically denies messages.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mesg 1 ,
+.Xr talk 1 ,
+.Xr write 1 ,
+.Xr shutdown 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.At v7 .