WHOAMI(1)                User Commands                WHOAMI(1)





NAME
       whoami - print effective userid

SYNOPSIS
       whoami [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print  the  user name associated with the current effec-
       tive 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
       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 whoami  is  maintained  as  a
       Texinfo  manual.   If  the  info and whoami programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info whoami

       should give you access to the complete manual.



whoami 5.3.0             November 2004                WHOAMI(1)