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who(TC)

fingerd(ADMN)


 finger(TC)                      19 June 1992                      finger(TC)


 Name

    finger - user information lookup program

 Syntax

    finger [ options ] name ...

 Description

    By default finger lists the login name, full name, terminal name and
    write status (as a ``*'' before the terminal name if write permission is
    denied), idle time, login time, and office location and phone number (if
    they are known) for each current UNIX user.  (Idle time is minutes if it
    is a single integer, hours and minutes if a ``:'' is present, or days and
    hours if a 'd' is present.)

    A longer format also exists and is used by finger whenever a list of
    people's names is given.  (Account names as well as first and last names
    of users are accepted.)  This format is multi-line, and includes all the
    information described above as well as the user's home directory and log-
    in shell, any plan which the person has placed in the file .plan in their
    home directory, and the project on which they are working from the file
    .project also in the home directory.

    finger may be used to look up users on a remote machine.  The format is
    to specify the user as user@host.  If the user name is left off, the
    standard format listing is provided on the remote machine.

    finger options include:

    -b   Briefer long output format of users.

    -f   Suppresses the printing of the header line (short format).

    -h   Suppress printing of the .project files.

    -i   Quick list of users with idle times.

    -m   Match arguments only on user name.

    -l   Force long output format.

    -p   Suppress printing of the .plan files

    -q   Quick list of users.

    -s   Force short output format.

    -w   Suppress printing the full name in a short format printout.


 Files

    /etc/utmp           who file (current users)
    /etc/wtmp           who file (past logins)
    /etc/passwd         for users names, offices, ...
    $HOME/.lastlogin    last login information
    $HOME/.plan         plans
    $HOME/.project      projects

 Notes

    Only the first line of the .project file is printed.

    There is no way to pass arguments to the remote machine, as finger uses
    an Internet standard port.

 See also

    who(TC), fingerd(ADMN).


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