w
- used to show all logged in user and their current activities
Synopsis
w
Example
The following example show that 2 users ( root and Jane) is logged in from ip 192.168.139.1 . IDLE column below show that the idle time (no activities from user'skeyboard)
| # w 21:34:24 up 34 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.02 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT root pts/1 192.168.139.1 21:08 0.00s 0.18s 0.00s w jane pts/2 192.168.139.1 21:33 9.00s 0.08s 0.03s vim /var/log/maillog |
You can also use 'who' to show the similar user information.
who
- used to show all logged in user
Synopsis
who [options]
| Options | Description |
| -a, --all | same as -b -d --login -p -r -t -T -u |
| -H, --heading | print line of column headings |
| -l, --login | print system login processes |
| -q, --count | all login names and number of users logged on |
| -s, --short | print only name, line, and time (default) |
Example
| #who -H -a NAME LINE TIME IDLE PID COMMENT EXIT Apr 28 21:02 432 id=si term=0 exit=0 system boot Apr 28 21:02 run-level 5 Apr 28 21:02 last=S Apr 28 21:03 2568 id=l5 term=0 exit=0 Apr 28 21:03 3427 id=1 LOGIN tty2 Apr 28 21:03 3513 id=2 Apr 28 21:03 3514 id=3 LOGIN tty4 Apr 28 21:03 3605 id=4 Apr 28 21:03 3606 id=5 Apr 28 21:03 3872 id=6 Apr 28 21:03 3989 id=x LOGIN tty5 Apr 28 21:03 3606 id=5 root + pts/1 Apr 28 21:08 . 4491 (192.168.139.1) jane + pts/2 Apr 28 21:33 00:21 4649 (192.168.139.1) #who -s root pts/1 Apr 28 21:08 (192.168.139.1) jane pts/2 Apr 28 21:33 (192.168.139.1) #who -l LOGIN tty2 Apr 28 21:03 3513 id=2 LOGIN tty4 Apr 28 21:03 3605 id=4 LOGIN tty5 Apr 28 21:03 3606 id=5 |