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Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (`<Ctrl c>` to stop writing messages). Use the `who` command to find out all terminal_ids of all active users active on the system. See also: `mesg`.

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Examples (3)

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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