ID

 

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.