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.TH ID "1" "March 2004" "id (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
id \- print real and effective UIDs and GIDs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B id
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIUSERNAME\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
ignore, for compatibility with other versions
.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\-\-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"
Report bugs to .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B id
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.B info
and
.B id
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils id
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
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