.TH WRITE 1 .SH NAMEwrite  \-  write to another user.SH SYNOPSIS.B writeuser [ ttyname ].SH DESCRIPTION.I Writecopies lines from your terminal to that ofanother user.When first called,it sends the message.PP     Message from yourname yourttyname....PPThe recipient of the message should write back at this point.Communication continues until an end of file isread from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.At that point.I writewrites `EOT' on the other terminal and exits..PPIf you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,the.I ttynameargument may be used to indicate theappropriate terminal name..PPPermission to write may be denied or granted by use of the.I mesgcommand.At the outset writing is allowed.Certain commands, in particular.I nroffand.IR  pr (1)disallowmessages in order to prevent messy output..PPIf the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,.I writecalls the shellto execute the rest of theline as a command..PPThe following protocol is suggested for using.IR write :when you first write to another user, wait for him towrite back before starting to send.Each party should end each message with a distinctivesignal\(em\fB(o)\fRfor `over' is conventional\(emthat the other may reply..B (oo)for `over and out' is suggested when conversationis about to be terminated..SH FILES/etc/utmp	to find user.br/bin/sh		to execute `!'.SH "SEE ALSO"mesg(1), who(1), mail(1)