WHO(I) 3/15/72 WHO(I)
NAME
who - who is on the system
SYNOPSIS
who [ who-file ] [ am I ]
DESCRIPTION
Who, without an argument, lists the name, typewriter chan-
nel, and login time for each current UNIX user.
Without an argument, who examines the /etc/utmp file to ob-
tain its information. If a file is given, that file is ex-
amined. Typically the given file will be /usr/adm/wtmp,
which contains a record of all the logins since it was cre-
ated. Then who lists logins, logouts, and crashes since the
creation of the wtmp file. Each login is listed with user
name, typewriter name (with `/dev/' suppressed), and date
and time. When an argument is given, logouts produce a sim-
ilar line without a user name. Reboots produce a line with
`x' in the place of the device name, and a fossil time in-
dicative of when the system went down.
With two arguments, who behaves as if it had no arguments
except for restricting the printout to the line for the cur-
rent typewriter. Thus `who am I' (and also `who are you')
tells you who you are logged in as.
FILES
/etc/utmp
SEE ALSO
login(I), init(VIII)
BUGS
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