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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WHO 1
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_users sa_mortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: who, whois, last \- who is or was on the system
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B who
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -i
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I who-file
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B who am i
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .B whois
        !            17: .I username
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .B last
        !            20: [
        !            21: .B -f
        !            22: .I who-file
        !            23: ]
        !            24: [
        !            25: .I userid ...
        !            26: ]
        !            27: [
        !            28: .I terminal
        !            29: ]
        !            30: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            31: .I Who,
        !            32: without an argument,
        !            33: lists the login name, terminal name, and login time
        !            34: for each current user.
        !            35: With the
        !            36: .B -i
        !            37: option, the report includes the number of minutes
        !            38: that the user's terminal has been idle.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: With two arguments,
        !            41: as in
        !            42: .LR "who am i" ,
        !            43: .I who
        !            44: tells who you are logged in as.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Without an argument,
        !            47: .I who
        !            48: examines the
        !            49: .F /etc/utmp
        !            50: file to obtain its information.
        !            51: If a file is given, that file is examined.
        !            52: Typically the given file will be
        !            53: .FR /usr/adm/wtmp ,
        !            54: which contains a record of all the logins since it
        !            55: was created.
        !            56: Then
        !            57: .I who
        !            58: lists
        !            59: logins, logouts, and crashes since the creation of
        !            60: the wtmp file.
        !            61: Each login is listed with user name,
        !            62: terminal name (with
        !            63: .L /dev/
        !            64: suppressed),
        !            65: and date and time.
        !            66: When an argument is given, logouts produce a similar line without a user name.
        !            67: Reboots produce a line with 
        !            68: .L x
        !            69: in the place of the device name,
        !            70: and a fossil time indicative of when the system went down.
        !            71: .PP
        !            72: .I Whois
        !            73: consults administrative files to identify the
        !            74: .I username.
        !            75: (Actually,
        !            76: .I whois
        !            77: uses
        !            78: .IR grep
        !            79: and can locate information by any useful key, such
        !            80: as real name or telephone number.)
        !            81: .PP
        !            82: .I Last
        !            83: reports logins and logouts in reverse chronological order.
        !            84: Optional arguments restrict attention to selected userids or
        !            85: terminals.
        !            86: Terminals
        !            87: .BR tty0 ", " tty1 ", ..."
        !            88: may be abbreviated
        !            89: .BR 0 ", " 1 ", ..."
        !            90: .PP
        !            91: By default,
        !            92: .I last
        !            93: examines the list of logins and logouts in
        !            94: .FR /usr/adm/wtmp ;
        !            95: option
        !            96: .B -f
        !            97: specifies a different file.
        !            98: .PP
        !            99: .I Last
        !           100: reports userid, terminal,
        !           101: time on, and time off for all users, or for selected
        !           102: .IR userids.
        !           103: A pseudo-user,
        !           104: .LR reboot ,
        !           105: is logged in at reboots of the system.
        !           106: .PP
        !           107: Upon interrupt,
        !           108: .I last
        !           109: tells how far back it has looked;
        !           110: upon quit 
        !           111: .RB (control- \e )
        !           112: it tells how far and keeps on looking.
        !           113: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B last reboot
        !           116: Report recent system outages.
        !           117: .SH FILES
        !           118: .F /etc/utmp
        !           119: .br
        !           120: .F /usr/adm/wtmp
        !           121: .br
        !           122: .F /usr/adm/usrlist
        !           123: .br
        !           124: .F /etc/passwd
        !           125: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           126: .IR getuid (1), 
        !           127: .IR getuid (2), 
        !           128: .IR utmp (5), 
        !           129: .IR ac (8),
        !           130: .IR tty (1),
        !           131: .IR vwhois
        !           132: in
        !           133: .IR vismon (9.1)

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