ID(1M-SysV)         RISC/os Reference Manual          ID(1M-SysV)



NAME
     id, whoami - print user and group IDs and names

SYNOPSIS
     id [ +format ]
     whoami

DESCRIPTION
     By default, id prints a message of the form


          uid=userid(username) gid=groupid(groupname)

     If the effective userid is different from the real userid,
     the ``uid'' portion of the message is followed by


          euid=userid(username)

     A different effective groupid is handled similarly.

     A format argument may be given to specify exactly what items
     should be printed.  The format may contain a combination of
     C-like escape sequences (\n, \r, \f, \b, \f, and \\), %-
     specifiers (see below), and other characters, and is printed
     with a following newline.

     The available %-specifiers are:
          %%   %
          %u   userid number
          %U   effective userid number
          %g   groupid number
          %G   effective groupid number
          %l   username
          %L   effective username
          %n   groupname
          %N   effective groupname

     The command whoami is equivalent to giving the format
     ``+%l'', and is provided for BSD compatability.

SEE ALSO
     logname(1), getuid(2).












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