finger(1)
UNIX System V(User Environment Utilities and Internet Utilitief
s)
inger(1)


NAME
      finger - display information about local and remote users

SYNOPSIS
      finger [ -bfhilmpqsw ] username. . .

      finger [-l] username@hostname. . . (TC/IP)

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.

      -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.


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finger(1)
UNIX System V(User Environment Utilities and Internet Utilitief
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inger(1)


      -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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