Re: echo message to users screen
Mike Egglestone said:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user
> that is logged into the same box as me.
> If I run
> # w
> to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something
> to their screen so I can tell them something.
echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!!" >>/dev/pts/X
where X is the tty they are logged in on
or you can do
echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!" | wall
to send a message to everyone logged on
or you can do
write user
THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!
^D
(I think, been a few years since i used write)
to write to that specific user(on all terminals they are logged in
on I think)
most of my systems at most have 1-2 people logged in besides me so
I lean towards the wall method.
nate
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