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What is Linux finger Command?
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Explanation |
finger COMMAND:
finger command displays the user's login name, real name, terminal name and write status (as a ''*'' after the terminal name if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, office location and office phone number..
SYNTAX:
The Syntax is
finger [-lmsp] [user ...] [user@host ...]
OPTIONS:
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Prints all the information described by -s option and also the user's home directory, home phone number, login shell, mail status, and the contents of the files ".plan",".project",".pgpkey", and ".forward" from the users home directory.
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| - m |
Match arguments only on user name (not first or last name). |
| - p |
Supress the prinitng format of -l, It will not display the contents of ".plan",".project", and ".pgkey" files. |
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Prints the output in short format. |
EXAMPLE:
- To Print the user information in short format:
finger -s hiox
Login Name Tty Idle LoginTime Office OfficePhone
HIOX HIOX INDIA *:0 Sep 14 09:07
HIOX HIOX INDIA *pts/0 9 Sep 14 09:08
HIOX HIOX INDIA *pts/1 1:29 Sep 14 09:12
finger command prints the user information as user's login name, real name, terminal name and write status, idle time, login time, office location and office phone number.
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