finger@(1)

finger@1

Gets user information from a remote host.

Usage

finger@ [ host [ user ] ]

Overview

finger@ connects to TCP port 79 (Finger) on host, sends user (with an extra CR) to host, and prints any data it receives. It removes CR and converts unprintable characters to a visible format.

Some computers respond to port 79 with information about user.

If user is not supplied, finger@ sends a blank line to host. Some computers respond with information about all the users who are logged in.

If host is not supplied, finger@ connects to the local host.

Releases

Unchanged in 9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

  1. 5.0–13

From ucspi-tcp 1:0.88-13 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Also shipped by ucspi-tcp-ipv6. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.