LOGNAME

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NAME

logname - print user's login name  

SYNOPSIS

logname [--help] [--version]  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of logname. logname prints the calling user's name, as found in the file /etc/utmp, and exits with a status of 0. If there is no /etc/utmp entry for the calling process, logname prints an error message and exits with a status of 1.  

OPTIONS

--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

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