id(1M)                                                        id(1M)


       NAME
             id - print the user name and ID, and group name and ID

       SYNOPSIS
             id [user]
             id -G [-n] [user]
             id -g [-nr] [user]
             id -u [-nr] [user]
             id [-a]

       DESCRIPTION
             id displays information on the calling process's user and
             group IDs.  If user is specified, then information on the user
             login is displayed instead.

             The information displayed is the user ID and name and the
             group ID and name.  If the real and effective user IDs do not
             match, both are printed.  The same is true for real and
             effective group IDs. If the user belongs to more than one
             group, the extra groups are also displayed.

             The output format is a sequence of equality statements of the
             form, ``id-title=numeric-id(name)'', each separated by a
             singlespace.  The numeric-id is the numeric representation of
             the group or user, real or effective ID.  The name is the
             symbolic representation of this ID (the login name of the
             user, for example).  In the C locale, the id-title is one of
             the following strings.

                          id-title    description
                          ____________________________________
                          uid         user ID
                          gid         group ID
                          euid        effective user ID
                          egid        effective group ID
                          groups      supplementary group IDs

             The equality statements are presented in the order given in
             the table, with each statement present according to the
             conditions explained in the first paragraph.  However, the
             groups statement, which is always written last, if at all, is
             slightly different because each extra supplementary group
             after the first does not have its own equality statement but
             adds ``, numeric-id (name)'' to the end of the output line.




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      id(1M)                                                        id(1M)


         Options
            -a    This option does nothing.  It is for backward
                  compatibility only, and should not be used.
            -G    Display all different (numeric) group IDs (real,
                  effective, and supplementary), each separated by a
                  space.
            -g    Display only the effective (numeric) group ID.
            -n    Display the name instead of the numeric ID (when used
                  with -G, -g, or -u).
            -r    Display the real ID instead of the effective ID (when
                  used with -g or -u).
            -u    Display only the effective (numeric) user ID.

      FILES
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
                  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

      REFERENCES
            getuid(2)





























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