id1
Print real and effective user and group ids
Usage
id [OPTION] ...
[USER] ...
Overview
Print user and group information for each specified USER, or (when USER omitted) for the current process.
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-a -
ignore, for compatibility with other versions
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-Z, --context -
print only the security context of the process
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-g, --group -
print only the effective group ID
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-G, --groups -
print all group IDs
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-n, --name -
print a name instead of a number, for
-u,-g,-G
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-r, --real -
print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with
-u,-g,-G
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-u, --user -
print only the effective user ID
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-z, --zero -
delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace; not permitted in default format
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--help -
display this help and exit
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--version -
output version information and exit
Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.
--context since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--zero since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-Z since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-a since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-z since Debian 8 (Jessie).