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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)