WHOAMI
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BSD mandoc
BSD 3
NAME
whoami
- print effective current user id
SYNOPSIS
whoami
DESCRIPTION
Whoami
prints your effective user id.
It works even if you are
suNs'd,
while
``who am i
''
does not since
it uses
/var/run/utmp
FILES
- /etc/passwd
-
Name data base
SEE ALSO
who(1)
HISTORY
The
whoami
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
Index
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