User Commands                                               ID(1)



NAME
     id - print real and effective user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
     id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION
     Print user and group information for the specified USERNAME,
     or (when USERNAME 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

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

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

AUTHOR
     Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report id bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU             coreutils             home             page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General        help        using        GNU        software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report        id         translation         bugs         to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>




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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  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 command

          info coreutils id invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.







































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