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.TH ID "1" "December 2006" "id 6.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
id \- print user identity
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B id
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIUSERNAME\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
ignore, for compatibility with other versions
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
print only the effective group ID
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR
print all group IDs
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR
print a name instead of a number, for \fB\-ugG\fR
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-real\fR
print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with \fB\-ugG\fR
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR
print only the effective user ID
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B id
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B id
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info id
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.