7.3.3. The w command

Even easier than using the who and ps -u commands is to use the w. w will print out not only who is on the system, but also the commands they are running.

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user@server:~> **w**
aweeks   :0        09:32   ?xdm?  30:09   0.02s -:0
aweeks   pts/0     09:33    5:49m  0.00s  0.82s kdeinit: kded
aweeks   pts/2     09:35    8.00s  0.55s  0.36s vi sag-0.9.sgml
aweeks   pts/1     15:03   59.00s  0.03s  0.03s /bin/bash

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From this we can see that I have a kde session running, I'm working in this document :-), and have another terminal open sitting idle at a bash prompt.