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+import json
+import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime
+
+## creating the JSON
+
+## grabbing the logged in users since yesterday
+last_here = subprocess.run(["last", "-s", "today"], capture_output=True)
+logged_in_today = subprocess.run(["sudo journalctl -S yesterday _COMM=systemd-logind -o json"], capture_output=True)
+output = json.loads(last_here)
+
+print(output)
+
+today =  datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S')
+
+with open("data_" + today + ".json", 'w') as f:
+    print(output, file = f)
+