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NAME
who - who is on the system
SYNOPSIS
who [ who-file ] [ am I ]
DESCRIPTION
Who, without an argument, lists the login name, terminal
name, and login time for each current UNIX user.
Without an argument, who examines the /etc/utmp file to
obtain its information. If a file is given, that file is
examined. Typically the given file will be /usr/adm/wtmp,
which contains a record of all the logins since it was
created. Then who lists logins, logouts, and crashes
since the creation of the wtmp file. Each login is listed
with user name, terminal name (with `/dev/' suppressed),
and date and time. When an argument is given, logouts
produce a similar line without a user name. Reboots pro-
duce a line with `x' in the place of the device name, and
a fossil time indicative of when the system went down.
With two arguments, as in `who am I' (and also `who are
you'), who tells who you are logged in as.
FILES
/etc/utmp
SEE ALSO
getuid(2), utmp(5)
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