[Gllug] /dev/console

[John Hearns]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 09:18, Simon Faulkner wrote:

> 
> If a Linux box is left at a text login prompt can I send a line of text to
> the screen and if so then how best to do this?
> 
> Or has anybody got any better suggestions?

echo "Message" > /dev/tty1  (or whatever tty is left on the screen) 

Or maybe autologin a user with a very restricted shell and use write?



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