Name

groups [usernames] — coreutils

Synopsis

/usr/bin stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version

The groups command prints the Linux groups to which you belong, or to which other users belong:

$ whoami
smith
$ groups
smith users
$ groups jones root
jones : jones users
root : root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel src

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