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whoami - Unix, Linux Command

NAME

whoami - print effective userid

SYNOPSIS

whoami [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID. Same as id -un.

Tag	Description
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Richard Mlynarik.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

whoami is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and whoami programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag	Description
	info whoami

should give you access to the complete manual.

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