who

Print information about users who are currently logged in.

-a, --all

same as -b -d --login -p -r -t -T -u

-b, --boot

time of last system boot

-d, --dead

print dead processes

-H, --heading

print line of column headings

-l, --login

print system login processes

--lookup

attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS

-m

only hostname and user associated with stdin

-p, --process

print active processes spawned by init

-q, --count

all login names and number of users logged on

-r, --runlevel

print current runlevel

-s, --short

print only name, line, and time (default)

-t, --time

print last system clock change

-T, -w, --mesg

add user's message status as +, - or ?

-u, --users

list users logged in

--message

same as -T

--writable

same as -T

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

If FILE is not specified, use /var/run/utmp. /var/log/wtmp as FILE is common. If ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: 'am i' or 'mom likes' are usual.

Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Michael Stone.

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Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/who
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) who invocation'

Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.