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how to broadcast message using linux wall

Posted on January 26, 2019 by voidzzz

In linux/*nix, if your user have access to wall command, you can broadcast message to all users. Here is how to do it :

  1. in console, type : wall and hit enter
  2. directly type your message. for multiple line message, just hit enter and continue typing
  3. once you are done with your message, press Ctrl button together with D
  4. message will be sent to all users

If you don’t want to display your username in the message, in step 1 use wall -n instead

That is how easy to use wall command in linux to broadcast message.

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