Unable to print usernames longer than 8 chars with "w" in linux -
i doing linux script extract users logged onto machine, where, , how long have been idle. far have been using "w" command in linux. noticed truncates usernames , source
i have 3 users logged on testuser testuser-new lala-testuser
they logged on either: testserver, or superdupertestserver
the output of w is:
testuser pts/2 testserver 10:12 29.00s 0.15s 0.15s -bash testuser pts/3 superdupertestse 10:12 21.00s 0.18s 0.18s -bash lala-tes pts/4 superdupertestse 10:12 21.00s 0.18s 0.18s -bash
i using "long listing" of output. there way fix this, or information source w using?
man w:
environment procps_userlen override default width of username column. defaults 8. procps_fromlen override default width of column. defaults 16.
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