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32.Dd January 17, 2007
33.Dt WHO 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm who
37.Nd display who is logged in
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl abdHlmqrstTuv
41.Op Ar file
42.Nm
43.Ar am i
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47utility displays a list of all users currently logged on, showing for
48each user the login name, tty name, the date and time of login, and
49hostname if not local.
50.Pp
51Available options:
52.Pp
53.Bl -tag -width file
54.It Fl a
55Same as
56.Fl -bdlprTtuv .
57.It Fl b
58Time of last system boot.
59.It Fl d
60Print dead processes.
61.It Fl H
62Write column headings above the regular output.
63.It Fl l
64Print system login processes.
65.It Fl m
66Only print information about the current terminal.
67This is the
68.Tn POSIX
69way of saying
70.Nm
71.Ar am i .
72.It Fl p
73Print active processes spawned by
74.Xr init 8 .
75.It Fl q
76.Dq Quick mode :
77List only the names and the number of users currently logged on.
78When this option is used, all other options are ignored.
79.It Fl r
80Print the current runlevel.
81Supported runlevels are:
82.Bl -tag -width "s (SINGLE_USER)"
83.It Dv d Pq Dv DEATH
84The system has halted.
85.It Dv s Pq Dv SINGLE_USER
86The system is running in single user mode.
87.It Dv r Pq Dv RUNCOM
88The system is executing
89.Pa /etc/rc .
90.It Dv t Pq Dv READ_TTYS
91The system is processing
92.Pa /etc/ttys .
93.It Dv m Pq Dv MULTI_USER
94The system is running in multi-user mode.
95.It Dv T Pq Dv CLEAN_TTYS
96The system is in the process of stopping processes
97associated with terminal devices.
98.It Dv c Pq Dv CATATONIA
99The system is in the process of shutting down and will
100not create new processes.
101.El
102.It Fl s
103List only the name, line and time fields.
104This is the default.
105.It Fl T
106Print a character after the user name indicating the state of the
107terminal line:
108.Sq +
109if the terminal is writable;
110.Sq -
111if it is not;
112and
113.Sq \&?
114if a bad line is encountered.
115.It Fl t
116Print last system clock change.
117.It Fl u
118Print the idle time for each user, and the associated process ID.
119.It Fl v
120When printing of more information is requested with
121.Fl u ,
122this switch can be used to also printed
123process termination signals,
124process exit status,
125session id for windowing
126and the type of the entry, see documentation of ut_type in
127.Xr getutxent 3 .
128.It Ar \&am I
129Returns the invoker's real user name.
130.It Ar file
131By default,
132.Nm
133gathers information from the file
134.Pa /var/run/utmpx .
135An alternative
136.Ar file
137may be specified which is usually
138.Pa /var/log/wtmpx
139(or
140.Pa /var/log/wtmp ,
141or
142.Pa /var/log/wtmpx.[0-6]
143or
144.Pa /var/log/wtmp.[0-6]
145depending on site policy as
146.Pa wtmpx
147can grow quite large and daily versions may or may not
148be kept around after compression by
149.Xr ac 8 ) .
150The
151.Pa wtmpx
152and
153.Pa wtmp
154file contains a record of every login, logout,
155crash, shutdown and date change
156since
157.Pa wtmpx
158and
159.Pa wtmp
160were last truncated or
161created.
162.El
163.Pp
164If
165.Pa /var/log/wtmpx
166or
167.Pa /var/log/wtmp
168are being used as the file, the user name may be empty
169or one of the special characters '|', '}' and '~'.
170Logouts produce an output line without any user name.
171For more information on the
172special characters, see
173.Xr utmp 5 .
174.Sh FILES
175.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp.[0-6] -compact
176.It Pa /var/run/utmp
177.It Pa /var/run/utmpx
178.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
179.It Pa /var/log/wtmp.[0-6]
180.It Pa /var/log/wtmpx
181.It Pa /var/log/wtmpx.[0-6]
182.El
183.Sh SEE ALSO
184.Xr last 1 ,
185.Xr mesg 1 ,
186.Xr users 1 ,
187.Xr getuid 2 ,
188.Xr utmp 5 ,
189.Xr utmpx 5
190.Sh STANDARDS
191The
192.Nm
193utility is expected to conform to
194.St -p1003.2-92 .
195.Sh HISTORY
196A
197.Nm
198utility appeared in
199.At v6 .
200