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whoami(1)						      General Commands Manual							 whoami(1)

NAME
       whoami - Displays the user's name

SYNOPSIS
       whoami

DESCRIPTION
       The whoami command displays the username associated with your current ID.

       Unlike  who  am	i,  this  command  tells  you  what  your  effective  user  ID	is,  and not who is logged on to your tty (it does not use
       /var/adm/utmp).

       If the current user ID is not in the password file, the message Intruder alert is displayed.

FILES
       Contains usernames and IDs.

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  who(1)

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