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.TH HUH 1 "Jan 20, 2000"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
helpers \- list or count helpers currently on the system.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B helpers
[-fln]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Helpers are users who volunteer to answer help requests by setting a help
flag.  For more information, see the manual pages for
.IR mesg (1)
and
.IR write (1).
.PP
The
.I helpers
command
lists or counts the people who currently have helper flags set on the system.
It lists them by default, or if the
.B -l
flag is given.
It prints a count to standard output if the
.B -n
flag is given.
.PP
If the
.B -f
flag is given, only the helpers who are currently free are listed or counted.
.SH AUTHOR
Jan Wolter
.SH FILES
/etc/wrttmp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mesg(1), write(1)