NAME

finger − user information lookup program

SYNOPSIS

finger [ options ] name ... 

DESCRIPTION

By default finger lists the login name, full name, terminal write status (if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, the user’s home directory and login shell, any plan 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, and office location and phone number (if they are known) for each current HP-UX 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. Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted. 

Options

−m Match arguments only on user name. 

−l Force long output format. 

−p Suppress printing of the .plan files

−s Force short output format. 

WARNINGS

Only the first line of the .project file is printed. 

AUTHOR

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

FILES

/etc/utmp who file

/etc/wtmp last login file

/etc/passwd for users names, offices, ... 

~/.plan plans

~/.project projects

SEE ALSO

who(1). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  May 11, 2021