#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my (%users, @in); while () { chomp; $users{$_} = 0; } for (;;) { @in = split/ /,`users`; foreach my $n (keys %users) { if ( !$users{$n} && map {/^$n$/} @in ) { $users{$n} = 1; print scalar localtime, " $n has logged in \n"; } if ( $users{$n} && ! map {/^$n$/} @in ) { $users{$n} = 0; print scalar localtime, " $n has logged out \n"; } } sleep 2; } __DATA__ list of users to watch