Linux commands to display the logged-in user and information
who command with options
kodingwindow@kw:~$ who kodingwindow :0 2020-05-31 10:48 (:0) kodingwindow@kw:~$ whoami kodingwindow kodingwindow@kw:~$ who -a system boot 2020-05-31 16:15 run-level 5 2020-05-31 10:46 kodingwindow ? :0 2020-05-31 10:48 ? 1859 (:0) kodingwindow@kw:~$ who -b system boot 2020-05-31 16:15 kodingwindow@kw:~$ who -Hu NAME LINE TIME IDLE PID COMMENT kodingwindow :0 2020-05-31 10:48 ? 1859 (:0) kodingwindow@kw:~$ who -q kodingwindow # users=1 kodingwindow@kw:~$ who -T kodingwindow ? :0 2020-05-31 10:48 (:0) kodingwindow@kw:~$ who --help Usage: who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ] 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 --ips print ips instead of hostnames. with --lookup, canonicalizes based on stored IP, if available, rather than stored hostname -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. GNU coreutils online help: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ Full documentation at: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/who or available locally via: info '(coreutils) who invocation' kodingwindow@kw:~$
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