finger(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         finger(1)

NAME

       finger - display information about local and remote users

SYNOPSIS

       finger [-bfhilmpqsw] [username...]

       finger [-l] [ username@hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@hostname n...]]

       finger [-l] [ @hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@hostname n...]]

DESCRIPTION

       By default, the finger command displays in multi-column format the following information about each logged-in user:

         o  user name

         o  user's full name

         o  terminal name (prepended with a `*' (asterisk)  if write-permission is denied)

         o  idle time

         o  login time

         o  host name, if logged in remotely

       Idle  time  is  in  minutes  if it is a single integer, in hours and minutes if a `:' (colon)  is present, or in days and hours if a `d' is
       present.

       When one or more username arguments are given, more detailed information is given for each username specified, whether they are  logged  in
       or  not. username must be that of a local user, and may be a first or last name, or an account name. Information is presented in multi-line
       format as follows:

         o  the user name and the user's full name

         o  the user's home directory and login shell

         o  time the user logged in if currently logged in, or the time the user last logged in; and the terminal or  host  from  which  the  user
            logged in

         o  last time the user received mail, and the last time the user read mail

         o  the first line of the $HOME/.project file, if it exists

         o  the contents of the $HOME/.plan file, if it exists

       Note: when the comment (GECOS) field in /etc/passwd includes a comma, finger does not display the information following the comma.

       If  the arguments username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] or @hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] are used, the request is sent first to
       hostnamen and forwarded through each hostnamen-1 to  hostname1. The program uses the finger user information protocol  (see  RFC  1288)  to
       query that remote host for information about the named user (if  username is specified), or about each logged-in user. The information dis-
       played is server dependent.

       As required by RFC 1288, finger passes only printable, 7-bit ASCII data. This behavior may be modified by a system administrator  by  using
       the  PASS  option in /etc/default/finger. Specifying PASS=low allows all characters less than decimal 32 ASCII. Specifying PASS=high allows
       all characters greater than decimal 126 ASCII. PASS=low,high or PASS=high,low allows both characters less than 32 and greater than  126  to
       pass through.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported, except that the  username@hostname form supports only the -l option:

       -b       Suppresses printing the user's home directory and shell in a long format printout.

       -f       Suppresses printing the header that is normally printed in a non-long format printout.

       -h       Suppresses printing of the .project file in a long format printout.

       -i       Forces "idle" output format, which is similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, login time, and idle time
                are printed.

       -l       Forces long output format.

       -m       Matches arguments only on user name (not first or last name).

       -p       Suppresses printing of the .plan file in a long format printout.

       -q       Forces quick output format, which is similar to short format except that only  the  login  name,  terminal,  and  login  time  are
                printed.

       -s       Forces short output format.

       -w       Suppresses printing the full name in a short format printout.

FILES

       $HOME/.plan             user's plan

       $HOME/.project          user's projects

       /etc/default/finger     finger options file

       /etc/passwd             password file

       /var/adm/lastlog        time of last login

       /var/adm/utmpx          accounting

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWrcmds                    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), who(1), whois(1), passwd(4), attributes(5)

       Zimmerman,  D.,  The Finger User Information Protocol, RFC 1288, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS),
       Rutgers University, December 1991.

NOTES

       The finger user information protocol limits the options that may be used with the remote form of this command.

SunOS 5.10                                                          6 Nov 2000                                                           finger(1)