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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)who.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
33b8923d4cSWolfram Schneider.\"	$Id$
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd December 30, 1993
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt WHO 1
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd display who is logged in
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar am I
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
469b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe utility
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisplays
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesa list of all users currently logged on, showing for each user
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe login name,
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimestty name, the date and time of login, and hostname if not local.
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesAvailable options:
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width file
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar \&am I
579b50d902SRodney W. GrimesReturns the invoker's real user name.
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar file
599b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBy default,
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm who
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimesgathers information from the file
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/utmp .
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesAn alternate
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmay be specified which is usually
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/wtmp
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(or
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/run/wtmp.[0-6]
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdepending on site policy as
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimescan grow quite large and daily versions may or may not
729b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe kept around after compression by
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ac 8 ) .
749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
769b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfile contains a record of every login, logout,
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimescrash, shutdown and date change
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimessince
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa wtmp
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswas last truncated or
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimescreated.
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
839b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
849b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /var/log/wtmp
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis being used as the file, the user name may be empty
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor one of the special characters '|', '}' and '~'.  Logouts produce
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimesan output line without any user name.  For more information on the
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimesspecial characters, see
909b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr utmp 5 .
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp.[0-6] -compact
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/run/utmp
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/log/wtmp.[0-6]
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr last 1 ,
999b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr users 1 ,
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr getuid 2 ,
1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr utmp 5
1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
1039b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
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