Users and Their Environment
logname | Print your login name |
whoami | Print your current, effective username |
id | Print the user ID and group membership of a user |
who | List logged-in users, long output |
users | List logged-in users, short output |
finger | Print information about users |
last | Determine when someone last logged in |
printenv | Print your environment |
Who are you? Only the system knows for sure. This grab-bag of programs tells you all about users: their names, login times, and properties of their environment.
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