whoami1
Display effective user id
Usage
whoami
Overview
The whoami utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent to “id -un”. The command “id -p” is suggested for normal interactive use.
The whoami utility displays your effective user ID as a name.
Exit status
The whoami utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Releases
163 releases since Mac OS X 10.0; the text changed 3 times.