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mesg

Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users, usually from the write command. tldr-pages

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Check terminal's openness to write messages

Disallow receiving messages from the write command

mesg nIdentify

Allow receiving messages from the write command

mesg yIdentify

Check terminal's openness to write messages

Disallow receiving messages from other users

mesg nIdentify

Allow receiving messages from other users

mesg yIdentify

Enable verbose mode, printing a warning if the command is not executed from a terminal

mesg --verboseIdentify