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When I run who on my ubuntu laptop I see myself listed twice. Once with pts/0 and once with pts/2. Why is that?

ryy
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    These are different pseudo-terminal devices allocated to the different terminal emulators you have open. `pts/0` actually lives in `/dev/pts/0`. – Joseph R. Oct 20 '13 at 19:26

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who shows each terminal you are logged in on. Separate terminal emulator windows (gnome-termal, xterm, etc.) and ssh instances are treated as completely separate "pseudo"-terminals, and therefore listed separately. When you ran who, you must have had two terminal windows open. If you try it with three, you will see yourself listed three times.

wingedsubmariner
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