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ID(1) User Commands ID(1)
NAME
id - print real and effective user and group IDs
SYNOPSIS
id [OPTION]... [USER]...
DESCRIPTION
Print user and group information for each specified USER, or (when
USER omitted) for the current user.
-a ignore, for compatibility with other versions
-Z, --context
print only the security context of the process
-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
-z, --zero
delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;
not permitted in default format
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified informa‐
tion.
AUTHOR
Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
utils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) id invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.32 April 2020 ID(1)