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31 .Dd September 11, 2019
36 .Nd talk to another user
44 utility is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
45 terminal to that of another user.
48 .Bl -tag -width ttyname
50 If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then
52 is just the person's login name.
53 If you wish to talk to a user on
63 If you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
65 argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
75 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
76 Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
77 talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
78 talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
81 to the user you wish to talk to.
82 At this point, the recipient
83 of the message should reply by typing
85 .Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine
87 It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
88 long as his login-name is the same.
89 Once communication is established,
90 the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
94 will cause the screen to
98 will clear both parts of your screen to be cleared, while
99 the control-D character will be sent to the remote side
100 (and just displayed by this
103 Your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
105 To exit, just type your interrupt character;
107 then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
108 terminal to its previous state.
110 Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
113 At the outset talking is allowed.
115 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmpx -compact
117 to find the recipient's machine
118 .It Pa /var/run/utmpx
119 to find the recipient's tty
139 is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with