ID(1)                    User Commands                    ID(1)





NAME
       id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs

SYNOPSIS
       id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION
       Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -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.

AUTHOR
       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       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 id

       should give you access to the complete manual.



id 5.3.0                 November 2004                    ID(1)