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WHO(1)				  User Commands 			  WHO(1)

NAME
     who - show who is logged on

SYNOPSIS
     who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ]

DESCRIPTION
     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 standard input

     -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 /etc/utmp.	/etc/wtmp as FILE is common.  If
     ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: 'am i' or 'mom likes' are usual.

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

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 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.

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

GNU coreutils 9.9		  November 2025 			  WHO(1)

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