linux - w (1)
NAME
w - Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
SYNOPSIS
w -[husf] [user]
DESCRIPTION
w displays information about the users currently on the
machine, and their processes. The header shows, in this
order, the current time, how long the system has been
running, how many users are currently logged on, and the
system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
The following entries are displayed for each user: login
name, the tty name, the remote host, login time, idle
time, JCPU, PCPU, and the command line of their current
process.
The JCPU time is the time used by all processes attached
to the tty. It does not include past background jobs, but
does include currently running background jobs.
The PCPU time is the time used by the current process,
named in the "what" field.
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
-h Don't print the header.
-u Ignores the username while figuring out the current
process and cpu times. To demonstrate this, do a
"su" and do a "w" and a "w -u".
-s Use the short format. Don't print the login time,
JCPU or PCPU times.
-f Toggle printing the from (remote hostname) field.
The default as released is for the from field to not
be printed, although your system administrator or
distribution maintainer may have compiled a version
in which the from field is shown by default.
user Show information about the specified user only.
FILES
/etc/utmp -- information about who is currently logged on
/proc -- process information
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
w was written by Larry Greenfield (greenfie@gauss.rut-
gers.edu) and Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@sun-
site.unc.edu).