finger(1)                                               finger(1)



     NAME
          finger - user information lookup program

     SYNOPSIS
          finger [-b] [-f] [-h] [-i] [-l] [-m] [-p] [-q] [-s] [-w]
          [name...]

     DESCRIPTION
          By default, finger lists the login name, full name, terminal
          name and write status (as a ``*'' before the terminal name
          if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, and
          office location and phone number (if they are known) for
          each current A/UX(Reg.) user.  (Idle time is minutes if it
          is a single integer, hours and minutes if a ``:''  is
          present, or days and hours if a d is present.)

          A longer format also exists and is used by finger whenever a
          list of people's names is given.  Login names as well as ac-
          tual user names (that is, first, last, or middle names) are
          accepted.  This format is multiline and includes all the in-
          formation described above as well as the user's home direc-
          tory and login shell, any plan that the user has placed in
          the file .plan in his or her home directory, the project on
          which he or she is working and has placed in the file .pro-
          ject, in the home directory, and the user's home phone
          number.

          finger may be used to look up users on a remote machine.  To
          do so, specify name as user@host.  If user is not supplied,
          a listing in standard format is provided.

     FLAG OPTIONS
          finger flag options include:

          -b   In the short form, the option is the same as no option.
               In long form, suppress the printing of the directory
               and login shell.

          -f   In the long form, same as no option.  In short form,
               suppress printing of column headings.

          -h   In the short form, same as no option.  In long form,
               suppress the printing of the project.

          -i   Always print the short form.  This option matches name
               only on login and suppresses the name and office
               column.

          -l   Force the output to the long format.

          -m   Match arguments only on login name.




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     finger(1)                                               finger(1)



          -p   Suppress the printing of the .plan files.

          -q   Always print the short form.  This option matches name
               only on login.

          -s   Force short output format.

          -w   In long form, same as no option.  In short form,
               supress printing the name field.

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/finger
          /etc/utmp          who file
          /etc/passwd        for users names, offices, ...
          /usr/adm/lastlog   last login times
          ~/.plan            plans
          ~/.project         projects

     SEE ALSO
          chfn(1), w(1), who(1), whoami(1), passwd(4).

     BUGS
          Only the first line of the .project file is printed and case
          is ignored in the name argument.































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