How to write to console
Matthew Smith
matt at forsetti.com
Fri Apr 4 06:33:56 PST 2003
Try redirecting to /dev/ttyv0, as in:
echo "My Message" > /dev/ttyv0
-Matt
On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 09:29, Doug Poland wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to write to the "default" console of a -STABLE box. In this
> case, no one is logged in on that console/terminal.
>
> The commands write, talk, and wall mention writing to a terminal of a
> logged in user. Ideally, I'd like to clear the screen and display an
> 80x25 message.
>
> Does anyone know how I can accomplish this?
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