---
name: "users"
section: "1"
platform: "macos"
package: "shell_cmds"
version: "329"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/users"
---

# users(1)

list current users

## 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/utmpx*

  ## SEE ALSO

[finger(1)](/man/finger/1.md), [last(1)](/man/last/1.md), [who(1)](/man/who/1.md), [getutxent(3)](/man/getutxent/3.md), [utmpx(5)](/man/utmpx/5.md)

## HISTORY

The **users** command appeared in 3.0BSD.