Mike Egglestone said: > Hi, > I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user > that is logged into the same box as me. > If I run > # w > to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something > to their screen so I can tell them something.
echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!!" >>/dev/pts/X where X is the tty they are logged in on or you can do echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!" | wall to send a message to everyone logged on or you can do write user THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!! ^D (I think, been a few years since i used write) to write to that specific user(on all terminals they are logged in on I think) most of my systems at most have 1-2 people logged in besides me so I lean towards the wall method. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
