Reference

talk(1)

Talk client

NAME

talk - Talk client

SYNOPSIS

talk [OPTION...] person [ttyname]

DESCRIPTION

Talk to another user.

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

AUTHOR

Written by Kipp Hickman, Clem Cole, and Peter Moore.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

talkd(1)

The full documentation for talk is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and talk programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info talk

should give you access to the complete manual.

History

--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --usage since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -? since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.