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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

       pinky [OPTION]... [USER]...

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       -l     produce long format output for the specified USERs

       -b     omit the user's home directory and shell in long format

       -h     omit the user's project file in long format

       -p     omit the user's plan file in long format

       -s     do short format output, this is the default

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