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                     37: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     38: .Dt WALL 1
                     39: .Os BSD 4
                     40: .Sh NAME
                     41: .Nm wall
                     42: .Nd write a message to users
                     43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     44: .Nm wall
1.3       deraadt    45: .Op Fl g Ar group
1.1       deraadt    46: .Op Ar file
                     47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.4     ! aaron      48: .Nm wall
1.1       deraadt    49: displays the contents of
                     50: .Ar file
                     51: or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
                     52: currently logged in users.
                     53: .Pp
                     54: Only the super-user can write on the
                     55: terminals of users who have chosen
                     56: to deny messages or are using a program which
                     57: automatically denies messages.
1.3       deraadt    58: .Bl -tag -width indent
                     59: .It Fl g
                     60: Send messages to users in this group.  This option may be specified
                     61: multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
                     62: receive the message.
                     63: .El
1.1       deraadt    64: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     65: .Xr mesg 1 ,
                     66: .Xr talk 1 ,
                     67: .Xr write 1 ,
                     68: .Xr shutdown 8
                     69: .Sh HISTORY
                     70: A
                     71: .Nm
                     72: command appeared in
                     73: .At v7 .