Section 1: id
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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.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .
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.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999 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.
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