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.TH ID "1" "July 2018" "GNU coreutils 8.30" "User Commands"

.SH NAME

id \- print real and effective user and group IDs

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B id

[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,USER\/\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

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.PP

Print user and group information for the specified USER,

or (when USER omitted) for the current user.

.TP

\fB\-a\fR

ignore, for compatibility with other versions

.TP

\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR

print only the security context of the process

.TP

\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR

print only the effective group ID

.TP

\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR

print all group IDs

.TP

\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR

print a name instead of a number, for \fB\-ugG\fR

.TP

\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-real\fR

print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with \fB\-ugG\fR

.TP

\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR

print only the effective user ID

.TP

\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR

delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;

.IP

not permitted in default format

.TP

\fB\-\-help\fR

display this help and exit

.TP

\fB\-\-version\fR

output version information and exit

.PP

Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

.SH AUTHOR

Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

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.SH COPYRIGHT

Copyright \(co 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>

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