WHOAMI(1) User Commands WHOAMI(1) NAME whoami - print effective userid SYNOPSIS whoami [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID. Same as id -un. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR Written by Richard Mlynarik. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to . COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for whoami is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and whoami programs are properly installed at your site, the command info whoami should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008 WHOAMI(1)