GNO/ME Utilities - w



wall
Version: 1.0
Author: Phil Vandry
FTP:
Sends a message to the terminal of every logged on user.

whatis
Version: 3.0 (24 Jul 95)
Author: Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Locate commands by name. Bundled with apropos, catman, makewhatis, and man in the manpack30.shk archive.

whereis
Version: v1.1 (2 Jan 93)
Author: v1.1 update by Devin Reade
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu ground.isca.uiowa.edu
whereis searches certain directories (/bin, /usr/bin, /usr/man, et cetera) and reports the location of source, executables, and man pages.

wrap
Version: 1.1
Author: Phillip Vandry
FTP:
Word wraps text to a certain length (79 default). Also filters binary data and is very fast.

write
Version: 2.1
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
FTP:
write is a simple utility which writes a message to a user, no matter what terminal he or she is on. The format is: write username [message] If you do not input a message, you will be prompted for message lines until you enter a blank line.