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| 1 | .TH WRITE 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | write \- send a message to a logged-in user
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBwrite\fR [\fB\-cv\fR] \fIuser\fR [\fItty\fR]\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | .de FL
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| 8 | .TP
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| 9 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 10 | \\$2
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| 11 | ..
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| 12 | .de EX
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| 13 | .TP 20
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| 14 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 15 | # \\$2
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| 16 | ..
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| 17 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 18 | .FL "\-c" "Use cbreak mode"
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| 19 | .FL "\-v" "Verbose mode"
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| 20 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 21 | .EX "write ast" "Send a message to ast"
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| 22 | .EX "write ast tty00" "Send a message to ast on tty00"
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 24 | .PP
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| 25 | \fIWrite\fR lets a user send messages to another logged-in user.
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| 26 | Lines typed by the user appear on the other user's screen a line at a time
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| 27 | (a character at a time in the case of cbreak mode).
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| 28 | The file \fI/usr/adm/wtmp\fR is searched to determine which tty to send to.
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| 29 | If the user is logged onto more than one terminal, the \fItty\fR argument
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| 30 | selects the terminal. Type CTRL- D to terminate the command.
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| 31 | Use ! as a shell escape.
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| 32 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 33 | .BR mail (1).
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