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id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs
id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]
Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.
- -a
- ignore,
for compatibility with other versions
- -g, --group
- print only the effective
group ID
- -G, --groups
- print all group IDs
- -n, --name
- print a name instead of
a number, for -ugG
- -r, --real
- print the real ID instead of the effective ID,
with -ugG
- -u, --user
- print only the effective user ID
- --help
- display this help
and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
Without any OPTION,
print some useful set of identified information.
Written by Arnold
Robbins and David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.
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