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Ray Seyfarth

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Echo, write, talk


  • echo - prints the rest of the line

  • echo 'Hello there'

  • write user - sends text to another user until EOF

  • Two users can talk using write, though crudely

  • mesg n = turn off permission to write or talk

  • talk user - starts a two-way communication session

  • talk may be turned off by the system administrator


University of Southern Mississippi
Ray.Seyfarth@usm.edu
Updated 15:45 Sep 13, 2006