How can I find the number of users online in Linux?
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How can I see how many people are logged on to a Linux machine? I know the 'users' command shows all the people logged in but I need a number. Is there a switch for users that I am missing in the man page? I thought of using the command, but there must be something that is the same in each username…
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Classically, the command is 'who' rather than 'users', but 'who' gives you more information. Looking back at the original Unix articles (mid-70s), the example would have been: Using 'wc -l' counts lines of output - it works with both 'users' and 'wh…
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