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2 .TH ID "1" "April 2010" "GNU coreutils 8.5" "User Commands"
4 id \- print real and effective user and group IDs
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIUSERNAME\fR]
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11 Print user and group information for the specified USERNAME,
12 or (when USERNAME omitted) for the current user.
15 ignore, for compatibility with other versions
17 \fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR
18 print only the security context of the current user
20 \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
21 print only the effective group ID
23 \fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR
26 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR
27 print a name instead of a number, for \fB\-ugG\fR
29 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-real\fR
30 print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with \fB\-ugG\fR
32 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR
33 print only the effective user ID
36 display this help and exit
39 output version information and exit
41 Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.
43 Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
45 Report id bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
47 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
49 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
51 Report id translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
53 Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
54 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
56 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
57 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
59 The full documentation for
61 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
65 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
67 .B info coreutils \(aqid invocation\(aq
69 should give you access to the complete manual.