Using the Finger Command

 
     

Home Up

     

Use FINGER to find user information.

 

finger [-l] [-m] [-p] [-s] [ user...]

[ user@host...]

 

[-l]: Same as -s but includes user’s home directory, home phone number, login shell, mail status and contents of .plan, .project, .pgpkey, and .forward. Shows in list format.

 

[-m]: Prevent user name matching.

 

[-p]: Used with -l to suppress the display of .plan, .project and .pgpkey.

 

[-s]: display the user’s login name, real name, terminal name, write status, idle time, login time, office location and office phone number.

 

[ user...] [ user@host...]: The user IDs for which to display information.

 

 

 

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