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1. Name

whoami - print effective userid

2. Synopsis

whoami [OPTION]...

3. Description

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

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

4. Author

Written by Richard Mlynarik.

5. Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to < This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. >. Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation,Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html >
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

7. See Also

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

should give you access to the complete manual.

 

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