id

 


 ID(1)                          FSF                          ID(1)
 
 
 

NAME

id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs

SYNOPSIS

id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION

Print information for USERNAME, or the current user. -a ignore, for compatibility with other versions -g, --group print only the group ID -G, --groups print only the supplementary groups -n, --name print a name instead of a number, for -ugG -r, --real print the real ID instead of effective ID, for -ugG -u, --user print only the 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-sh-utils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi­ tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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 id should give you access to the complete manual. GNU sh-utils 2.0.11 July 2001 ID(1)