pinky

Show logged-in users

$ pinky

$ pinky [username]

$ pinky -l [username]

$ pinky -s

$ pinky -f

$ pinky -h

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

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.

-l

Long output format.

Short output format.

Omit full name.

Omit remote host.

Omit home directory.

Omit home in long format.

Omit project in long format.

Show help.

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

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

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