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<b>w</b> - Show who is logged on and what they are doing. | <b>w</b> - Show who is logged on and what they are doing. | ||
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| + | https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/4-ways-to-identify-who-is-logged-in-on-your-linux-system/ | ||
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| + | w command is used to show logged-in user names and what they are doing. The information will be read from /var/run/utmp file. The output of the w command contains the following columns: | ||
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| + | Name of the user | ||
| + | User’s machine number or tty number | ||
| + | Remote machine address | ||
| + | User’s Login time | ||
| + | Idle time (not usable time) | ||
| + | Time used by all processes attached to the tty (JCPU time) | ||
| + | Time used by the current process (PCPU time) | ||
| + | Command currently getting executed by the users | ||
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| + | Following options can be used for the w command: | ||
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| + | -h Ignore the header information | ||
| + | -u Display the load average (uptime output) | ||
| + | -s Remove the JCPU, PCPU, and login time. | ||
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| + | $ w | ||
| + | 23:04:27 up 29 days, 7:51, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.06, 0.02 | ||
| + | USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT | ||
| + | ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 8.00s 0.05s 0.01s sshd: ramesh [priv] | ||
| + | jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 2:53 0.01s 0.01s -bash | ||
| + | john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.00s 0.00s w | ||
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| + | $ w -h | ||
| + | ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 17:43 2.52s 0.01s sshd: ramesh [priv] | ||
| + | jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 20:28 0.01s 0.01s -bash | ||
| + | john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.03s 0.00s w -h | ||
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| + | $ w -u | ||
| + | 23:22:06 up 29 days, 8:08, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | ||
| + | USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT | ||
| + | ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 17:47 2.52s 2.49s top | ||
| + | jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 20:32 0.01s 0.01s -bash | ||
| + | john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.03s 0.00s w -u | ||
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| + | $ w -s | ||
| + | 23:22:10 up 29 days, 8:08, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | ||
| + | USER TTY FROM IDLE WHAT | ||
| + | ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 17:51 sshd: ramesh [priv] | ||
| + | jason pts/1 dev-db-server 20:36 -bash | ||
| + | john pts/2 dev-db-server 1.00s w -s | ||
Latest revision as of 05:41, 15 June 2020
w - Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/4-ways-to-identify-who-is-logged-in-on-your-linux-system/
w command is used to show logged-in user names and what they are doing. The information will be read from /var/run/utmp file. The output of the w command contains the following columns:
Name of the user User’s machine number or tty number Remote machine address User’s Login time Idle time (not usable time) Time used by all processes attached to the tty (JCPU time) Time used by the current process (PCPU time) Command currently getting executed by the users
Following options can be used for the w command:
-h Ignore the header information -u Display the load average (uptime output) -s Remove the JCPU, PCPU, and login time.
$ w 23:04:27 up 29 days, 7:51, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.06, 0.02 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 8.00s 0.05s 0.01s sshd: ramesh [priv] jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 2:53 0.01s 0.01s -bash john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.00s 0.00s w $ w -h ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 17:43 2.52s 0.01s sshd: ramesh [priv] jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 20:28 0.01s 0.01s -bash john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.03s 0.00s w -h $ w -u 23:22:06 up 29 days, 8:08, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 22:57 17:47 2.52s 2.49s top jason pts/1 dev-db-server 23:01 20:32 0.01s 0.01s -bash john pts/2 dev-db-server 23:04 0.00s 0.03s 0.00s w -u $ w -s 23:22:10 up 29 days, 8:08, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 USER TTY FROM IDLE WHAT ramesh pts/0 dev-db-server 17:51 sshd: ramesh [priv] jason pts/1 dev-db-server 20:36 -bash john pts/2 dev-db-server 1.00s w -s