finger(1)
NAME
finger − user information lookup program
SYNOPSIS
finger [options] user_name ...
DESCRIPTION
By default, finger lists for each user_name on the system:
• Login name,
• Full given name,
• Terminal write status (if write permission is denied),
• Idle time,
• Login time,
• User’s home directory and login shell,
• Any plan the user has placed in file .plan in their home directory,
• Project on which they are working from the file .project, also in the home directory,
• office location and phone number (if known).
Idle time is in minutes if listed as 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.
finger can also be used to list users on a remote machine. The format for user_name is user_name@host. If user_name is not specified, the remote system ( HP-UX or non- HP-UX ) uses its default standard format for listing user information.
Options
finger recognizes the following options:
-b Suppress printing the user’s home directory and shell
-f Suppress printing the header that is normally printed in a short-format printout.
-f Suppress printing the .project file in a long-format printout.
-i Force “idle” output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, login time, and idle time are printed.
-l Force long output format.
-m Match arguments only on user name.
-p Suppress printing of the .plan files
-q Force quick output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, and login time are printed.
-R Print the user’s host name.
-s Force short output format.
-w Suppress printing the full name in a short-format printout.
WARNINGS
Only the first line of the .project file is printed.
AUTHOR
finger was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
/etc/utmp who file
/etc/wtmp last login file
/etc/passwd for users names, offices, ...
~/.plan plans
~/.project projects
SEE ALSO
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 9.03: April 1994