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pinky

displays information about logged-in users

TLDR

Show logged-in users
$ pinky
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Show specific user
$ pinky [username]
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Long format
$ pinky -l [username]
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Short format
$ pinky -s
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Omit full names
$ pinky -f
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Omit remote host
$ pinky -h
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SYNOPSIS

pinky [-l] [-s] [-f] [-h] [options] [users]

DESCRIPTION

pinky displays information about logged-in users. It's a lightweight alternative to finger.Default output shows login name, full name, terminal, idle time, login time, and host.Long format adds home directory, shell, and plan/project files. Similar to finger's detailed view.Short format shows minimal information. Useful for quick user listing.The command reads system utmp and user information. No network queries are made.

PARAMETERS

-l

Long output format.
-s
Short output format.
-f
Omit full name.
-h
Omit remote host.
-w
Omit home directory.
-b
Omit home in long format.
-p
Omit project in long format.
--help
Show help.

CAVEATS

Less feature-complete than finger. No remote host queries. Plan files may not exist.

HISTORY

pinky is part of GNU coreutils, created as a lighter-weight local alternative to the finger command. It doesn't support network finger protocol.

SEE ALSO

finger(1), who(1), w(1), users(1)

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