who@(1)

💖 who@(1) — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, so this is who@ from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? she's a tiny icon. one job, does it, no drama. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

who@ — prints the list of active users on a remote host. that's it. that's the whole personality. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

who@ [ host ]

like... one optional argument. she's low maintenance, we love that for her.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: who@ connects to TCP port 11 (that's the Systat port, iykyk) on host, and then just... prints whatever data it receives back. no filters, no curation, just vibes ✨

but wait, she does do a lil cleanup pass 🧚 before showing you the goods:

• she strips out CR (\015) — bye bye carriage return, nobody asked
• she converts unprintable characters into a visible format so your terminal doesn't get jump-scared 💀

If host is not supplied, who@ connects to the local host instead. so if you're feeling lazy, just run it with no args and she'll check in on your own machine. self care, honestly 🌈

Some computers respond to port 11 with a list of active users. For example, they may be running:

tcpserver -RHl0 0 11 who

using tcpserver. that's the whole setup. server says who's online, who@ goes and asks. match made in heaven fr fr 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, bestie, they're all part of the same friend group:

• tcpserver(1)
• tcprules(1)
• tcprulescheck(1)
• argv0(1)
• fixcrio(1)
• recordio(1)
• rblsmtpd(1)
• tcpclient(1)
• date@(1)
• finger@(1)
• http@(1)
• tcpcat(1)
• mconnect(1)
• tcp-environ(5)

and if you wanna go straight to the source (main character energy, honestly):

http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html

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okay that's the whole page!! you now know who@ better than she knows herself. stay curious, stay slaying, and remember: port 11 is not a personality trait but it is a whole vibe 💜

this lil cutie lives in the General Commands Manual as who@(1) — mwah, go forth and query 🎀