how to use “mesg” command line tool with its examples

• About mesg : To control write access to your terminal
• It comes from “sysvinit-tools-2.87” package.
• Configuration Files:
• Path: /usr/bin/mesg

Examples:

1. To allow write access to your terminal

$ mesg y

2. To disallow write access to your terminal

$ mesg n

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