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31.Dd August 30, 2020
32.Dt WHO 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm who
36.Nd display who is on the system
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl abHmqsTu
40.Op Cm am I
41.Op Ar file
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility displays information about currently logged in users.
46By default, this includes the login name, tty name, date and time of login and
47remote hostname if not local.
48.Pp
49The options are as follows:
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It Fl a
52Equivalent to
53.Fl bTu ,
54with the exception that output is not restricted to the time and date of
55the last system reboot.
56.It Fl b
57Write the time and date of the last system reboot.
58.It Fl H
59Write column headings above the output.
60.It Fl m
61Show information about the terminal attached to standard input only.
62.It Fl q
63.Dq "Quick mode" :
64List the names and number of logged in users in columns.
65All other command line options are ignored.
66.It Fl s
67Show the name, line and time fields only.
68This is the default.
69.It Fl T
70Indicate whether each user is accepting messages.
71One of the following characters is written:
72.Pp
73.Bl -tag -width 1n -compact
74.It Li +
75User is accepting messages.
76.It Li \&-
77User is not accepting messages.
78.It Li \&?
79An error occurred.
80.El
81.It Fl u
82Show idle time for each user in hours and minutes as
83.Ar hh : Ns Ar mm ,
84.Ql \&.
85if the user has been idle less than a minute, and
86.Dq Li old
87if the user has been idle more than 24 hours.
88.It Cm am I
89Equivalent to
90.Fl m .
91.El
92.Pp
93By default,
94.Nm
95gathers information from the file
96.Pa /var/run/utx.active .
97An alternate
98.Ar file
99may be specified which is usually
100.Pa /var/log/utx.log
101(or
102.Pa /var/log/utx.log.[0-6]
103depending on site policy as
104.Pa utx.log
105can grow quite large and daily versions may or may not
106be kept around after compression by
107.Xr ac 8 ) .
108The
109.Pa utx.log
110file contains a record of every login, logout,
111crash, shutdown and date change
112since
113.Pa utx.log
114was last truncated or
115created.
116.Pp
117If
118.Pa /var/log/utx.log
119is being used as the file, the user name may be empty
120or one of the special characters '|', '}' and '~'.
121Logouts produce
122an output line without any user name.
123For more information on the
124special characters, see
125.Xr getutxent 3 .
126.Sh ENVIRONMENT
127The
128.Ev COLUMNS , LANG , LC_ALL
129and
130.Ev LC_TIME
131environment variables affect the execution of
132.Nm
133as described in
134.Xr environ 7 .
135.Sh FILES
136.Bl -tag -width /var/log/utx.log.[0-6] -compact
137.It Pa /var/run/utx.active
138.It Pa /var/log/utx.log
139.It Pa /var/log/utx.log.[0-6]
140.El
141.Sh EXIT STATUS
142.Ex -std
143.Sh EXAMPLES
144Show a brief summary of who is logged in:
145.Bd -literal -offset indent
146$ who -q
147fernape          root             root
148# users = 3
149.Ed
150.Pp
151Show who is logged in along with the line and time fields (without the headers):
152.Bd -literal -offset indent
153$ who -s
154fernape          ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23
155root             ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23
156root             ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23
157.Ed
158.Pp
159Show information about the terminal attached to standard input:
160.Bd -literal -offset indent
161$ who am i
162fernape                       Aug 26 16:24
163.Ed
164.Pp
165Show time and date of the last system reboot, whether the users accept messages
166and the idle time for each of them:
167.Bd -literal -offset indent
168$ who -a
169                 - system boot  Aug 26 16:23   .
170fernape          - ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23   .
171root             - ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23   .
172root             - ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23   .
173.Ed
174.Pp
175Same as above but showing headers:
176.Bd -literal -offset indent
177$ who -aH
178NAME             S LINE         TIME         IDLE  FROM
179                 - system boot  Aug 26 16:23   .
180fernape          - ttyv0        Aug 26 16:23   .
181root             - ttyv1        Aug 26 16:23 00:01
182root             - ttyv2        Aug 26 16:23 00:01
183.Ed
184.Sh SEE ALSO
185.Xr last 1 ,
186.Xr users 1 ,
187.Xr w 1 ,
188.Xr getutxent 3
189.Sh STANDARDS
190The
191.Nm
192utility conforms to
193.St -p1003.1-2001 .
194.Sh HISTORY
195A
196.Nm
197command appeared in
198.At v1 .
199