whoami - print effective user name
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Copyright
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
Description
Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID. Same as id -un.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Name
whoami - print effective user name
Reporting Bugs
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See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) whoami invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.5 April 2025 WHOAMI(1)
Synopsis
whoami [OPTION]...
