NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -g, --group
	      print only the group ID

       -G, --groups
	      print only the supplementary groups

       -n, --name
	      print a name instead of a number, for -ugG

       -r, --real
	      print the real ID instead of effective ID, for -ugG

       -u, --user
	      print only the 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    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.



GNU sh-utils 2.0.11		   July 2001				 ID(1)