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Name

id — print user identity

Synopsis

id [OPTION...] [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION

Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

−a

ignore, for compatibility with other versions

−Z, −−context

print only the security context of the current user

−g, −−group

print only the effective group ID

−G, −−groups

print all group IDs

−n, −−name

print a name instead of a number, for −ugG

−r, −−real

print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with −ugG

−u, −−user

print only the effective user ID

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

AUTHOR

Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug−[email protected]>.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for id is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'id invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.