Wall command on Linux

Learn how to send messages to the terminals of connected users on Linux

The wall command is used to transmit a message to everyone connected to Linux terminals.

The message can be passed as a parameter or entered in the terminal followed by the EOF (Control-d).

$ wall “Personal Coffee Time”

Broadcast message from [email protected] (pts/0) (Sun Mar 15 00:53:05 2015):

Personal Coffee Time

Here’s how the wall command works:

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