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 process

   -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.

AUTHOR

   Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report id translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2016 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 redistribute it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) id invocation'





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