finger(1N)        (User Environment Utilities and TCP/IP)        finger(1N)


   NAME
         finger - display information about local and remote users

   SYNOPSIS
         finger [ -bfhilmpqsw ] username...

         finger [-l] username@hostname...

   DESCRIPTION
         By default, the finger command displays information about each ,
         logged-in user, including login name, full name, terminal name
         (prepended with a `*' if write-permission is denied), idle time,
         login time, and location if known.

         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.

         When one or more username arguments are given, more detailed
         information is given for each username specified, whether they are
         logged in or not.  username must be that of a local user, and may be
         a first or last name, or an account name.  When finger is used to
         find users on a remote device, the user and the name of the remote
         device are specified in the form username@hostname.  Information is
         presented in a multi-line format, and includes, in addition to the
         information mentioned above:

               the user's home directory and login shell

               time the user logged in if currently logged in, or the time the
               user last logged in if not, as well as the terminal or host
               from which the user logged in and, if a terminal.

               last time the user received mail, and the last time the user
               read their mail

               any plan contained in the file .plan in the user's home
               directory

               and any project on which the user is working described in the
               file
               .project (also in the user's home directory)

         The following options are available:

         -b    Suppress printing the user's home directory and shell in a long
               format printout.

         -f    Suppress printing the header that is normally printed in a
               non-long format printout.




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         -h    Suppress printing of the .project file in a long format
               printout.

         -i    Force ``idle'' output format, which is similar to short format
               except that only the login name, terminal, login time, and idle
               time are printed.

         -l    Force long output format.

         -m    Match arguments only on user name (not first or last name).

         -p    Suppress printing of the .plan file in a long format printout.

         -q    Force quick output format, which is similar to short format
               except that only the login name, terminal, and login time are
               printed.

         -s    Force short output format.

         -w    Suppress printing the full name in a short format printout.

         Within the TCP/IP network, the -l option can be used remotely.

   FILES
         /var/adm/utmp       who is logged in
         /etc/passwd         for users' names
         /var/adm/lastlog    last login times
         ~/.plan             plans
         ~/.project          projects

   SEE ALSO
         passwd(1), who(1), whois(1)

   NOTES
         Only the first line of the ~/.project file is printed.


















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