listusers(1)

NAME

listusers — display user login data

SYNOPSIS

listusers [ [-b|-c] -g groups] [-l logins] [-r local|nis]

DESCRIPTION

The listusers command displays data concerning user logins. The output shows the user login and the /etc/passwd comment field value (for example, user name, location). The default displays data about all user logins.

Options

The listusers command supports the following options:

-b: Display only users who have groups, as their primary group. Use with the -g option.
-c: Display only users who have groups, as their supplementary group. Use with the -g option.
-g groups: Display all users belonging to groups, sorted by login. A comma separated list specifies multiple groups.
-l logins: Display the requested logins. A comma separated list specifies multiple logins.
-r local | nis: Display only users belonging to the specified repository, either nis for NIS or local users.

A user login has a UID of 100 or greater.

When the -l and -g options are combined, a user login is only displayed once, even though the login may belong to multiple specified groups.

EXAMPLES

List all user logins.

listusers 

List all user logins in the group cmds and the users bob, john and otto, removing all duplicates.

listusers -g cmds -l bob,john,otto 

List all users who have cmds as their primary group.

listusers -b -g cmds 

List all users who have cmds as their supplementary group.

listusers -c -g cmds 

List only local user logins.

listusers -r local 

List only NIS user logins.

listusers -r nis 

FILES

/etc/passwd 
/etc/group 

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

listusers: SVID3

listusers(1)

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