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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
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+.Dd February 24, 2012
+.Dt WALL 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm wall
+.Nd write a message to users
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl g Ar group
+.Op Ar file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility displays the contents of
+.Ar file
+or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
+currently logged in users.
+.Pp
+Only the super-user can write on the
+terminals of users who have chosen
+to deny messages or are using a program which
+automatically denies messages.
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl g
+Send messages to users in this group.
+This option may be specified
+multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
+receive the message.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mesg 1 ,
+.Xr talk 1 ,
+.Xr write 1 ,
+.Xr shutdown 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in PWB UNIX.
+.Sh BUGS
+The sender's
+.Ev LC_CTYPE
+setting is used to determine which characters are safe to write to a
+terminal, not the receiver's (which
+.Nm
+has no way of knowing).