finger(1) [hpux man page]
finger(1) General Commands Manual finger(1) NAME
finger - user information lookup program SYNOPSIS
[options] user_name ... DESCRIPTION
By default, lists for each user_name on the system: o Login name, o Full given name, o Terminal write status (if write permission is denied), o Idle time, o Login time, o User's home directory and login shell, o Any plan the user has placed in file in their home directory, o Project on which they are working from the file also in the home directory, o office location and phone number (if known), o last time the user received the mail, and last time the user read the mail. Idle time is in minutes if listed as a single integer, hours and minutes if a is present, or days and hours if a is present. Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted. can also be used to list users on a remote machine. The format for user_name is user_name@host. If user_name is not specified, the remote system (HP-UX or non-HP-UX) uses its default standard format for listing user information. Options recognizes the following options: Suppress printing the user's home directory and shell. Suppress printing the header that is normally printed in a short-format printout. Suppress printing the file in a long-format printout. Force ``idle'' output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, login time, and idle time are printed. Force long output format. Match arguments only on user name. Suppress printing of the files Force quick output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, and login time are printed. Print the user's host name. Force short output format. Suppress printing the full name in a short-format printout. WARNINGS
Only the first line of the file is printed. AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley. FILES
who file last login file for users names, offices, ... plans projects mail directory SEE ALSO
chfn(1), who(1), utmpd(1M). finger(1)
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finger(1) General Commands Manual finger(1) Name finger - print user finger information Syntax finger [options] [name...] Description By default, lists the login name, full name, terminal name and write status, idle time, login time, and office location and phone number for each current ULTRIX user. Terminal write status is noted as an asterisk (*) before the terminal name if write permission is denied. Idle time is given in minutes if the listing shows a single integer, hours and minutes if a colon (:) is present, or days and hours if a d is present. A longer format also exists and is used by whenever a list of people's names is given. (Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted.) This format is multi-line, and includes all the information described above as well as the user's home directory and login shell. Additionally, it displays the information contained in the files .plan and .project, both of which are located in the user's home directory. If no list is given, all the people currently logged in are shown. The command may be used to look up users on a remote machine. The format is to specify the user as user@host. If the user name is left off, the standard format listing is provided on the remote machine. Options -b Displays a briefer long form list of users. -f Disables printing of headers for short and quick outputs. -h Suppresses printing of the .project file. -i Displays list of users with idle times. -l Displays output in long format. -m Matches arguments only on user name. -p Suppresses printing of the .plan file. -q Displays list of users. -s Displays output in short format. -w Displays narrow short format of specified users. Restrictions Only the first line of the .project file is printed. The user's or file cannot be a link to another file. If either of these files is something other than a regular file, it will be ignored. Files Who file User information Last login times Plans Projects See Also chfn(1), w(1), who(1), fingerd(8c) finger(1)