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Manual Reference Pages  - ID (1)

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id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs

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id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

-a	ignore, for compatibility with other versions
-Z, --context
	print only the security context of the current 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
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

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

Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

should give you access to the complete manual.

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