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LOGNAME(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						LOGNAME(1)

NAME
logname -- display user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname
DESCRIPTION
The logname utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by a newline. The logname utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment variables because the environment cannot be trusted. The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)
STANDARDS
The logname utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').
HISTORY
The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD. 4.4BSD June 9, 1993 4.4BSD
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