Linking two terminals

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Thu Mar 31 14:56:51 UTC 2005


You may prefer to use kibitz over write or talk. The latter only allow
communication between the two terminals. Kibitz allows commands to be
executed with the output being displayed on both terminals. It's very
cool. We've used to show people how to install and configure systems.

Mike Gorse writes:
> Hi John,
> 
> You want either talk (ytalk) or write.  Talk works over a network while 
> write requires both users to be logged into the same machine.
> 
> -- Michael Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org --
> 
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >What is the command to link two terminals so that anything typed on one
> >will appear on the other? One terminal is connected through ssh (my
> >Elba) and the other is a console terminal. I need this so that people
> >can communicate with me by typing on the computer keyboard and I can
> >write detailed instructions on my braille keyboard that appear on their
> >screen.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
> >-- 
> >John J. boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer
> >Computers to Help People, Inc.
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> >
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