loginctl show-session 2 -p State

Category: Administration

loginctl show-session 2 -p State

Show one property of a session

loginctl talks to systemd-logind, the session manager, and show-session prints properties of session 2. The -p State filter limits output to that one property, here whether the session is active. Find session numbers with loginctl list-sessions.
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