ID(1)				User Commands				ID(1)



NAME
       id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs

SYNOPSIS
       id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION
       Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -Z, --context
	      print only the security context

       -g, --group
	      print only the effective group ID

       -G, --groups
	      print all group IDs

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

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

       -u, --user
	      print only the effective 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
       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for id is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

	      info coreutils id

       should give you access to the complete manual.



id (coreutils) 5.2.1		  March 2004				ID(1)

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