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User Commands finger(1)
NAME
finger - display information about local and remote users
SYNOPSIS
finger [-bfhilmpqsw] [username...]
finger [-l] [ username@hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@host-
name n...]]
finger [-l] [ @hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@hostname n...]]
DESCRIPTION
By default, the finger command displays in multi-column for-
mat the following information about each logged-in user:
o user name
o user's full name
o terminal name (prepended with a `*' (asterisk) if
write-permission is denied)
o idle time
o login time
o host name, if logged in remotely
Idle time is in minutes if it is a single integer, in hours
and minutes if a `:' (colon) is present, or in days and
hours if a `d' is present.
When one or more username arguments are given, more detailed
information is given for each username specified, whether
they are logged in or not. username must be that of a local
user, and may be a first or last name, or an account name.
Information is presented in multi-line format as follows:
o the user name and the user's full name
o the user's home directory and login shell
o time the user logged in if currently logged in, or the
time the user last logged in; and the terminal or host
from which the user logged in
o last time the user received mail, and the last time the
user read mail
o the first line of the $HOME/.project file, if it exists
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o the contents of the $HOME/.plan file, if it exists
Note: when the comment (GECOS) field in /etc/passwd includes
a comma, finger does not display the information following
the comma.
If the arguments username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen]
or @hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] are used, the request
is sent first to hostnamen and forwarded through each
hostnamen-1 to hostname1. The program uses the finger user
information protocol (see RFC 1288) to query that remote
host for information about the named user (if username is
specified), or about each logged-in user. The information
displayed is server dependent.
As required by RFC 1288, finger passes only printable, 7-bit
ASCII data. This behavior may be modified by a system
administrator by using the PASS option in
/etc/default/finger. Specifying PASS=low allows all charac-
ters less than decimal 32 ASCII. Specifying PASS=high allows
all characters greater than decimal 126 ASCII. PASS=low,high
or PASS=high,low allows both characters less than 32 and
greater than 126 to pass through.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported, except that the
username@hostname form supports only the -l option:
-b Suppresses printing the user's home directory and
shell in a long format printout.
-f Suppresses printing the header that is normally
printed in a non-long format printout.
-h Suppresses printing of the .project file in a long
format printout.
-i Forces "idle" output format, which is similar to
short format except that only the login name, ter-
minal, login time, and idle time are printed.
-l Forces long output format.
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-m Matches arguments only on user name (not first or
last name).
-p Suppresses printing of the .plan file in a long
format printout.
-q Forces quick output format, which is similar to
short format except that only the login name, ter-
minal, and login time are printed.
-s Forces short output format.
-w Suppresses printing the full name in a short format
printout.
FILES
$HOME/.plan user's plan
$HOME/.project user's projects
/etc/default/finger finger options file
/etc/passwd password file
/var/adm/lastlog time of last login
/var/adm/utmpx accounting
ATTRIBUTES
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See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWrcmds |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), who(1), whois(1), passwd(4), attributes(5)
Zimmerman, D., The Finger User Information Protocol, RFC
1288, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Com-
puter Science (DIMACS), Rutgers University, December 1991.
NOTES
The finger user information protocol limits the options that
may be used with the remote form of this command.
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