wall

Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: <https://manned.org/wall>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/wall.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install bsdutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install bsdutils
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install bsdutils
CentOS
yum install sysvinit-tools
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bsdutils
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install bsdutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/wall wall powered by Commando

Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More information: <https://manned.org/wall>.

  • Send a message:
    wall message
  • Send a message to users that belong to a specific group:
    wall --group group_name message
  • Send a message from a file:
    wall file
  • Send a message with timeout (default 300):
    wall --timeout seconds file

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