wall

linux

Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in.

Options (2)

-g, --groupboolean

Send a message to users that belong to a specific group

Example: wall {{[-g|--group]}} {{group_name}} {{message}}

-t, --timeoutboolean

Send a message with timeout (default 300)

Example: wall {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}} {{file}}

Send a message

wall message

Send a message to users that belong to a specific group

wall [-g|--group] group_name message

Send a message from a file

wall file

Send a message with timeout (default 300)

wall [-t|--timeout] seconds file