Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

w

Synopsis

w [options] [user]

Print summaries of system usage, currently logged-in users, and what those users are doing. w is essentially a combination of uptime, who, and ps -a. Display output for one user by specifying user.

Options

-f

Toggle printing the from (remote hostname) field.

-h

Suppress heading and uptime information.

-s

Use the short format.

-u

Ignore the username while figuring out the current process and CPU times.

-V

Display version information.

File

/var/run/utmp

List of users currently logged in.