finger_tcp(1)            USER COMMANDS              finger_tcp(1)



NAME
     finger - display information about users

SYNOPSIS
     finger [ -bfhilmpqsw ] name ...

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

     Idle time is minutes if the display  is  a  single  integer,
     hours  and minutes if a : is present, or days and hours if a
     d is present.

     When one or more name arguments  are  given,  more  detailed
     information  is  given for each name specified, whether they
     are logged in or not.  name must be that of  a  local  user,
     and  may  be a first or last name, or an account name.  name
     can also be specified in the form,  user@hostname.  Informa-
     tion  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.

          ⊕  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 directory).

     The following options are available when the command is used
     locally:

     -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_tcp(1)            USER COMMANDS              finger_tcp(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.

     -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.

     The following option is available when the command  is  used
     both locally and remotely.

     -l   Force long output format.

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