NAME

whoami − print effective current user id

SYNOPSIS

whoami

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/STANDARD

Origin: UCB

DESCRIPTION

Whoami prints who you are.  It works even if you are su’d, while ‘who am i’ does not since it uses /etc/utmp. 

FILES

/etc/passwdName data base

SEE ALSO

who (1)

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021