finger(1)
NAME
finger − user information lookup program
SYNTAX
finger [ options ] [ name ...]
DESCRIPTION
By default, finger lists the login name, full name, terminal name and write status, idle time, login time, and office location and phone number (if they are known) for each current ULTRIX user. Terminal write status is noted as an asterisk (*) before the terminal name if write permission is denied. Idle time is given in minutes if the listing shows a single integer, hours and minutes if a colon (:) 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. (Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted.) This format is multi-line, 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 their home directory.
If no list is given, all the people currently logged in are shown.
OPTIONS
Finger options include:
−b Give briefer long form list of users.
−f Disable the printing of headers for short and quick outputs.
−h Suppress printing of the .project file.
−i Show quick list of users with idle times.
−l Force long output format.
−m Match arguments only on user name.
−p Suppress printing of the .plan file.
−q Show quick list of users.
−s Force short output format.
−w Show narrow short format of specified users.
RESTRICTIONS
Only the first line of the .project file is printed.
FILES
/etc/utmp Who file.
/etc/passwd For users names, offices, and so forth.
/usr/adm/lastlog Last login times.
~/.plan Plans.
~/.project Projects.