ID(1) User Commands ID(1)

NAME
       id - print real and effective user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
       id [OPTION]... [USER]

DESCRIPTION
       Print  user and group information for the specified USER, or (when USER
       omitted) for the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -Z, context
              print only the security context of the current user

       -g, group
              print only the effective group ID

       -G, groups
              print all group IDs

       -n, name
              print a name instead of a number, for -ugG

       -r, real
              print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -ugG

       -u, user
              print only the effective user ID

       -z, zero
              delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;

              not permitted in default format

       help display this help and exit

       version
              output version information and exit

       Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

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AUTHOR
       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for id is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the  com‐
       mand

              info coreutils 'id invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                            ID(1)