.TH WRITE 1 .SH NAME write \- send a message to a logged-in user .SH SYNOPSIS \fBwrite\fR [\fB\-cv\fR] \fIuser\fR [\fItty\fR]\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-c" "Use cbreak mode" .FL "\-v" "Verbose mode" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "write ast" "Send a message to ast" .EX "write ast tty00" "Send a message to ast on tty00" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fIWrite\fR lets a user send messages to another logged-in user. Lines typed by the user appear on the other user's screen a line at a time (a character at a time in the case of cbreak mode). The file \fI/usr/adm/wtmp\fR is searched to determine which tty to send to. If the user is logged onto more than one terminal, the \fItty\fR argument selects the terminal. Type CTRL- D to terminate the command. Use ! as a shell escape. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mail (1).
