Name
id
Synopsis
id [options] [username]Display information about yourself or another user: user ID, group ID, effective user ID and group ID if relevant, and additional group IDs.
Options
- -g, --group
Print group ID only.
- -G, --groups
Print supplementary groups only.
- -n, --name
With -u, -g, or -G, print user or group name, not number.
- -r, --real
With -u, -g, or -G, print real, not effective, user ID or group ID.
- -u, --user
Print user ID only.
- --help
Print help message and then exit.
- --version
Print version information.
Get Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
