Write (Unix)

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Original authors	Dennis Ritchie,; Ken Thompson
Developer	AT&T Bell Laboratories
Initial release	November 3, 1971; 54 years ago
Operating system	Unix and Unix-like
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Command

Original authorsDennis Ritchie,
Ken Thompson

DeveloperAT&T Bell Laboratories

Initial releaseNovember 3, 1971; 54 years ago

Operating systemUnix and Unix-like

In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, write is a utility used to send messages to another user by writing a message directly to another user's TTY.^[1]

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v t e Unix command-line interface programs and shell builtins
File system	cat chattr chmod chown chgrp cksum cmp cp dd du df file fuser ln ls mkdir mv pax pwd rm rmdir split tee touch type umask
Processes	at bg crontab fg kill nice ps time
User environment	env exit logname mesg talk tput uname who write
Text processing	awk basename comm csplit cut diff dirname ed ex fold head iconv join m4 more nl paste patch printf read sed sort strings tail tr troff uniq vi wc xargs
Shell builtins	alias cd echo test unset wait
Searching	find grep
Documentation	man
Software development	ar ctags lex make nm strip yacc
Miscellaneous	bc cal expr lp od sleep true and false
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Write (Unix)

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write
Original authors	Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson
Developer	AT&T Bell Laboratories
Initial release	November 3, 1971; 54 years ago (1971-11-03)
Operating system	Unix and Unix-like
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Command