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    WHOAMI

    WillieBy Updated:No Comments1 Min Read
     

    NAME

    whoami – print effective userid  

    SYNOPSIS

    whoami [OPTION]…  

    DESCRIPTION

    Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID. Same as id -un.

    –help
    display this help and exit
    –version
    output version information and exit
     

    AUTHOR

    Written by Richard Mlynarik.  

    REPORTING BUGS

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

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright © 2014 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.

    Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.

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