NAME

whoami − print effective current user id

SYNOPSIS

whoami

DESCRIPTION

Whoami prints your true user name.  It works even if you are su’d onto another account.  The who command who am i does not work in this condition because it gets its information from /etc/utmp. 

FILES

/etc/passwdName data base

SEE ALSO

who(1)

3rd Berkeley Distribution  —  April 29, 1985