finger(1)                USER COMMANDS                  finger(1)



NAME
     finger  - display information about local and remote users

SYNOPSIS
     finger [ -bfhilmpqsw ] username...

     finger [-l] username@hostname... (TC/IP)

DESCRIPTION
     By default, the finger command  displays  information  about
     each , logged-in user, including login name, full name, ter-
     minal name (prepended with  a  `*'  if  write-permission  is
     denied), idle time, login time, and location if known.

     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.  When one or more  username  arguments  are  given,
     more  detailed information is given for each username speci-
     fied, whether they are logged in or not.  username  must  be
     that of a local user, and may be a first or last name, or an
     account name.  When finger is used to find users on a remote
     device,  the  user  and  the  name  of the remote device are
     specified in the  form  username@hostname.   Information  is
     presented  in a multi-line format, and includes, in addition
     to the information mentioned above:

          the user's home directory and login shell

          time the user logged in if currently logged in, or  the
          time  the  user  last  logged in if not, as well as the
          terminal or host from which the user logged in and,  if
          a terminal.

          last time the user received mail, and the last time the
          user read their mail

          any plan contained in the file .plan in the user's home
          directory

          and any project on which the user is working  described
          in  the  file  .project (also in the user's home direc-
          tory) The following options are available:

     -b   Suppress printing the user's home directory  and  shell
          in a long format printout.

     -f   Suppress printing the header that is  normally  printed
          in a non-long format printout.

     -h   Suppress printing of the .project file in a long format
          printout.




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finger(1)                USER COMMANDS                  finger(1)



     -i   Force ``idle'' output format, which is 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 (not  first  or  last
          name).

     -p   Suppress printing of the .plan file in  a  long  format
          printout.

     -q   Force quick output format, which is  similar  to  short
          format  except  that only the login name, terminal, and
          login time are printed.

     -s   Force short output format.

     -w   Suppress printing the full name in a short format prin-
          tout.   Within the TCP/IP network, the -l option can be
          used remotely.

FILES
     /var/adm/utmp       who is logged in
     /etc/passwd         for users' names
     /var/adm/lastlog    last login times
     ~/.plan             plans
     ~/.project          projects

SEE ALSO
     passwd(1), who(1), whois(1)

NOTES
     Only the first line of the ~/.project file is printed.





















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