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finger <username[@host]> [<username[@host]> ...]
Issue a network 'finger' request for <username> at <host>.
Finger is typically used to find out specific information about
users on local or remote hosts. By fingering a user, you can
find out such information as a user's name, his mailing address,
telephone number, QSL information, and other useful facts. This
information is kept in a separate text file for each user.
As our network expands, this application will help hams find out
information about each other quickly and efficiently.
The finger command under NOS can be issued in any of the
following three ways:
finger <username> >> Examples: finger n8fow
finger <username>@<host> finger n8fow@n8fow
finger @<host> finger @n8fow
The first form of the command is used to find out information
about a user at the local host, namely your own system. It is
useful for testing 'finger' on a system that you know is running.
The second form of the command is used to find out information
about a user at a remote host.
If you don't know the name of a particular user at a remote host,
you can use the third form of the command. This command returns
a list of all 'finger' files on the remote system.
To enable the finger server so that others may query the users on
your system, you must give the 'start finger' command.