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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)who.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd December 30, 1993
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt WHO 1
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd display who is logged in
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar am I
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
459b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe utility
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisplays
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesa list of all users currently logged on, showing for each user
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe login name,
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimestty name, the date and time of login, and hostname if not local.
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
529b50d902SRodney W. GrimesAvailable options:
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width file
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar \&am I
569b50d902SRodney W. GrimesReturns the invoker's real user name.
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar file
589b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBy default,
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimesgathers information from the file
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/utmp .
629b50d902SRodney W. GrimesAn alternate
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmay be specified which is usually
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/wtmp
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(or
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/wtmp.[0-6]
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdepending on site policy as
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimescan grow quite large and daily versions may or may not
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe kept around after compression by
729b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ac 8 ) .
739b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
749b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfile contains a record of every login, logout,
769b50d902SRodney W. Grimescrash, shutdown and date change
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimessince
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswas last truncated or
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimescreated.
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
839b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/log/wtmp
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis being used as the file, the user name may be empty
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor one of the special characters '|', '}' and '~'.  Logouts produce
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimesan output line without any user name.  For more information on the
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecial characters, see
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr utmp 5 .
909b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp.[0-6] -compact
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/run/utmp
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/log/wtmp.[0-6]
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr last 1 ,
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr users 1 ,
999b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr getuid 2 ,
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr utmp 5
1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
1029b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.At v6 .
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