Talk:Wall (Unix)

In the first example, is there any need for the first three lines where the 'tty' command is demonstrated? It seems to have no relation to the article and I would suggest it be removed. Thecoshman (talk) 09:49, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it is related. See 'mesg(1)'. 164.119.6.35 (talk) 20:44, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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Is there a relation between Unix's wall, and the "wall" on Facebook and some other social networking sites (such as fruhead.com) - a forum for public messages?

I tweeted that EXACT thing (almost) about 2 minutes ago, but you beat me too it!

"mshenrick: is it just me, or does the #facebook write on wall anything to do with the unix / linux commands write and wall?"

the developers may have used unix/linux and put in a subtle nod to it writing on a wall!

Microsofkid (talk) 15:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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Is it related to Larry Wall? --71.106.173.110 (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Examples here are not portable among UNIX shells. Please, try to use Bourne Shell (/bin/sh) compatible examples. The herestring and the !$ are only valid in some situations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.104.48.6 (talk) 05:13, 31 August 2014 (UTC)