finger(1)
NAME
f, finger − user information lookup program
SYNTAX
finger [ options ] name...
f
DESCRIPTION
The finger command 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 UNIX 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 peoples names is given. Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted. This format is multiline, and includes all the information described above as well as the user’s home directory and login shell, any plan which the person has placed in the file .plan in their home directory, and the project on which they are working from the file .project also in the home directory.
The finger command may also be invoked as f, which is another name for the same command.
OPTIONS
−b Slightly briefer version (long format).
−f Suppress the printing of the header line (short format).
−h Suppress printing of the files.
−i Quick list (−q) with idle times.
−l Force long output format.
−p Suppress printing of the files.
−q Quick list similar to who(1).
−s Force short output format.
−w Narrow format output (short format).
FILES
/etc/utmpwho file
/etc/passwdfor users names, offices, phones,
directories, and shells
~/.planplans
~/.projectprojects
RESTRICTIONS
Only the first line of the .project file is printed.