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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

              info coreutils id

       should give you access to the complete manual.



id (coreutils) 5.2.1                        March 2004                                      ID(1)