say

   1. To type to a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, you have to
   say  ls  -l."  Tends  to  imply  a  {newline}-terminated  command  (a
   `sentence').

   2.  A  computer  may  also be said to `say' things to you, even if it
   doesn't  have  a speech synthesizer, by displaying them on a terminal
   in  response  to  your  commands. Hackers find it odd that this usage
   confuses {mundane}s.

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