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One convenient way to list details about user logins on a Linux system is to use the lslogins command. You'll get a very useful and nicely formatted display that includes quite a few important details.
On my system and likely most others, user accounts will start with UID 1000. To list just these accounts rather than include all of the service accounts like daemon, mail and syslog, add the -u option as shown in the example below.
$ sudo lslogins -u
UID USER PROC PWD-LOCK PWD-DENY LAST-LOGIN GECOS
0 root 151 0 0 root
1000 shs 68 0 0 12:35 Sandra H-S
1001 nemo 0 0 0 2021-Jan05 Nemo Demo,,,
1002 dbell 0 0 1 Dory Bell
1003 shark 2 0 0 7:15 Sharon Hark
1004 tadpole 0 0 0 2020-Dec05 Ted Pole
1005 eel 0 0 0 2021-Jan11 Ellen McDay
1006 bugfarm 0 0 0 2021-Jan01 Bug Farm
1008 dorothy 0 0 1 Dorothy Reuben
1012 jadep 0 0 1 2021-Jan04 Jade Jones
1013 myself 0 0 0 2021-Jan12 My Self
1014 marym 0 0 0 2020-Mar20 Mary McShea
1017 gijoe 0 0 0 GI Joe
65534 nobody 0 0 1 nobody
What the lslogins command does is grab relevant information from system files such as /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /var/log/wtmp and lay it out in a format like that shown below. If...