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ID(1)                                               User Commands                                               ID(1)



NAME
       id - print real and effective user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
       id [OPTION]... [USER]

DESCRIPTION
       Print user and group information for the specified USER, or (when USER omitted) for the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -Z, --context
              print only the security context of the current user

       -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

       -z, --zero
              delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;

              not permitted in default format

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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

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AUTHOR
       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
       mitted by law.

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 command