NAME

finger − display information about local and remote users

SYNOPSIS

finger [ −bfhilmpqsw ] [ username... ]

finger [−l] username@hostname...

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

By default, the finger command displays information about each logged-in user, including 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 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 specified, 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.  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 directory)

If the form username@hostname is used, the program uses the finger user information protocol to query the remote host for information about the named user. 

OPTIONS

−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. 

−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 printout. 

The username@hostname form supports only the −l option. 

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. 

The finger user information protocol limits the options that may be used with the remote form of this command. 

SunOS 5.2  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992