users(1)

list current users

linux
freebsd
openbsd
macos

NAME

users – list current users

SYNOPSIS

users

DESCRIPTION

The users utility lists the login names of the users currently on the system, in sorted order, space separated, on a single line.

FILES

/var/run/utx.active

SEE ALSO

finger(1), last(1), who(1), getutxent(3)

HISTORY

The users command appeared in 3.0BSD.

History

FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE: the text shown here
FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE to FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE to FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE
FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE