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who (1g)

Name

who - show who is logged on

Synopsis

who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ]

Description




User Commands                                              WHO(1)



NAME
     who - show who is logged on

SYNOPSIS
     who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ]

DESCRIPTION
     Print information about users who are currently logged in.

     -a, --all
          same as -b -d --login -p -r -t -T -u

     -b, --boot
          time of last system boot

     -d, --dead
          print dead processes

     -H, --heading
          print line of column headings

     -l, --login
          print system login processes

     --lookup
          attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS

     -m   only hostname and user associated with stdin

     -p, --process
          print active processes spawned by init

     -q, --count
          all login names and number of users logged on

     -r, --runlevel
          print current runlevel

     -s, --short
          print only name, line, and time (default)

     -t, --time
          print last system clock change

     -T, -w, --mesg
          add user's message status as +, - or ?

     -u, --users
          list users logged in

     --message
          same as -T



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     --writable
          same as -T

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     If   FILE  is  not  specified,  use  /system/volatile/utmpx.
     /var/adm/wtmpx as FILE is common.  If ARG1  ARG2  given,  -m
     presumed: 'am i' or 'mom likes' are usual.

AUTHOR
     Written  by  Joseph  Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Michael
     Stone.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report who bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report  who  translation  bugs  to   <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
     GPLv3+:     GNU     GPL     version     3      or      later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free  software:  you are free to change and redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for who is maintained  as  a  Texinfo
     manual.  If the info and who programs are properly installed
     at your site, the command

          info coreutils 'who invocation'



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     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.










































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