regular expression

[mo jaber]

hi,
I need a regular expression that returns the user name(s) only!!!
from the output of the "who" command.


user name
ronajt pts/1 Apr 21 14:50
root pts/2 Apr 21 14:52
dorint pts/3 Apr 21 14:52
allago pts/4 Apr 21 15:01

[Scott Palmer_1]

who | awk '{print $1}'
works for me

if you want something a bit more envolved, i can do that too

Regards

Scott

[Todd McDaniel_1]

who |awk '{ print $1 }'

should work...

[Todd McDaniel_1]

LOL missed being first by 27 seconds!!! hehe


no points here. plz

[Scott Palmer_1]

amazing that we though of the same thing, guess that is the best way to do it!!

[RAC_1]

missed by 17 seconds

[Jeff_Traigle]

Just to be difficult and different... :)

who | cut -f1 -d" "

[Kent Ostby]

who -q will give you just a list of user names although there multiple per line.

Best regards,

Kent M. Ostby