talk
talk to another user
TLDR
Start a talk session with a user on the same machine
$ talk [username]
Start a talk session with a user on the same machine, who is logged in on tty3
$ talk [username] [tty3]
Start a talk session with a user on a remote machine
$ talk [username]@[hostname]
Clear text on both terminal screens
$ Ctrl+D
Exit the talk session
$ Ctrl+C
SYNOPSIS
talk [OPTION...] person [ttyname]
DESCRIPTION
Talk to another user.
- -?, --help
-
give this help list
- --usage
-
give a short usage message
- -V, --version
-
print program version
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
talkd(1) The full documentation for talk is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and talk programs are properly installed at your site, the command info talk should give you access to the complete manual.
AUTHOR
Written by Kipp Hickman, Clem Cole, and Peter Moore.
