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{{Short description|Unix computer command}}
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The command '''w''' on many [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s provides a quick summary of every user logged into a computer,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hS6VRhqdA6sC&pg=PA58 |title=Learning UNIX with examples|author=David Martínez Perales|date=23 March 2009|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781409253792}}</ref> what each user is currently doing, and what [[Load (computing)|load]] all the activity is imposing on the computer itself. The command is a one-command combination of several other Unix programs: {{mono|[[Who (Unix)|who]]}}, {{mono|[[uptime]]}}, and {{mono|[[Ps (Unix)|ps -a]]}}.

== Example ==
Sample output (which may vary between systems):
<pre>
$ w
 11:12am up 608 day(s), 19:56,  6 users,  load average: 0.36, 0.36, 0.37
User     tty       login@  idle  what
smithj   pts/5      8:52am       w
jonesm   pts/23    20Apr06    28 -bash
harry    pts/18     9:01am     9 pine
peterb   pts/19    21Apr06       emacs -nw html/index.html
janetmcq pts/8     10:12am 3days -csh
singh    pts/12    16Apr06  5:29 /usr/bin/perl -w perl/test/program.pl
</pre>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{man|1|w|OpenBSD}}
* {{man|1|w|FreeBSD}}

{{Unix commands}}

[[Category:Unix user management and support-related utilities]]


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