NAME

whoami − print effective current user id

SYNOPSIS

whoami

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

AUTHOR

Whoami was developed by the University of California, Berkeley California, Computer Science Division, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 

SEE ALSO

who (1). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  Version B.1,  May 11, 2021