Terminal Help!

mlondon29

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Join Date: Aug 2011

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18th August 2011

Help! I'm a new user and terminal is kind of new to me. I keep getting this command

usage: write user [tty]

when i try to write

write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

what does usage: write user [tty] mean? please help and how do i fix it

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