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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 each specified USER, or
       (when USER omitted) for the current process.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -Z, --context
              print only the security context of the process

       -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.

AUTHOR

       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
       it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) id invocation'

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GNU coreutils 9.5              March 2024                          ID(1)

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