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30.Dd August 30, 2020
31.Dt WHO 1
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm who
35.Nd display who is on the system
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl abHmqsTu
39.Op Cm am I
40.Op Ar file
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility displays information about currently logged in users.
45By default, this includes the login name, tty name, date and time of login and
46remote hostname if not local.
47.Pp
48The options are as follows:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It Fl a
51Equivalent to
52.Fl bTu ,
53with the exception that output is not restricted to the time and date of
54the last system reboot.
55.It Fl b
56Write the time and date of the last system reboot.
57.It Fl H
58Write column headings above the output.
59.It Fl m
60Show information about the terminal attached to standard input only.
61.It Fl q
62.Dq "Quick mode" :
63List the names and number of logged in users in columns.
64All other command line options are ignored.
65.It Fl s
66Show the name, line and time fields only.
67This is the default.
68.It Fl T
69Indicate whether each user is accepting messages.
70One of the following characters is written:
71.Pp
72.Bl -tag -width 1n -compact
73.It Li +
74User is accepting messages.
75.It Li \&-
76User is not accepting messages.
77.It Li \&?
78An error occurred.
79.El
80.It Fl u
81Show idle time for each user in hours and minutes as
82.Ar hh : Ns Ar mm ,
83.Ql \&.
84if the user has been idle less than a minute, and
85.Dq Li old
86if the user has been idle more than 24 hours.
87.It Cm am I
88Equivalent to
89.Fl m .
90.El
91.Pp
92By default,
93.Nm
94gathers information from the file
95.Pa /var/run/utx.active .
96An alternate
97.Ar file
98may be specified which is usually
99.Pa /var/log/utx.log
100(or
101.Pa /var/log/utx.log.[0-6]
102depending on site policy as
103.Pa utx.log
104can grow quite large and daily versions may or may not
105be kept around after compression by
106.Xr ac 8 ) .
107The
108.Pa utx.log
109file contains a record of every login, logout,
110crash, shutdown and date change
111since
112.Pa utx.log
113was last truncated or
114created.
115.Pp
116If
117.Pa /var/log/utx.log
118is being used as the file, the user name may be empty
119or one of the special characters '|', '}' and '~'.
120Logouts produce
121an output line without any user name.
122For more information on the
123special characters, see
124.Xr getutxent 3 .
125.Sh ENVIRONMENT
126The
127.Ev COLUMNS , LANG , LC_ALL
128and
129.Ev LC_TIME
130environment variables affect the execution of
131.Nm
132as described in
133.Xr environ 7 .
134.Sh FILES
135.Bl -tag -width /var/log/utx.log.[0-6] -compact
136.It Pa /var/run/utx.active
137.It Pa /var/log/utx.log
138.It Pa /var/log/utx.log.[0-6]
139.El
140.Sh EXIT STATUS
141.Ex -std
142.Sh EXAMPLES
143Show a brief summary of who is logged in:
144.Bd -literal -offset indent
145$ who -q
146fernape          root             root
147# users = 3
148.Ed
149.Pp
150Show who is logged in along with the line and time fields (without the headers):
151.Bd -literal -offset indent
152$ who -s
153fernape          ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23
154root             ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23
155root             ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23
156.Ed
157.Pp
158Show information about the terminal attached to standard input:
159.Bd -literal -offset indent
160$ who am i
161fernape                       Aug 26 16:24
162.Ed
163.Pp
164Show time and date of the last system reboot, whether the users accept messages
165and the idle time for each of them:
166.Bd -literal -offset indent
167$ who -a
168                 - system boot  Aug 26 16:23   .
169fernape          - ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23   .
170root             - ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23   .
171root             - ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23   .
172.Ed
173.Pp
174Same as above but showing headers:
175.Bd -literal -offset indent
176$ who -aH
177NAME             S LINE         TIME         IDLE  FROM
178                 - system boot  Aug 26 16:23   .
179fernape          - ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23   .
180root             - ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23 00:01
181root             - ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23 00:01
182.Ed
183.Sh SEE ALSO
184.Xr last 1 ,
185.Xr users 1 ,
186.Xr w 1 ,
187.Xr getutxent 3
188.Sh STANDARDS
189The
190.Nm
191utility conforms to
192.St -p1003.1-2001 .
193.Sh HISTORY
194A
195.Nm
196command appeared in
197.At v1 .
198