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HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

finger — user information lookup program

SYNOPSIS

finger [options] user_name ...

DESCRIPTION

By default, finger lists for each user_name on the system:

  • Login name,

  • Full given name,

  • Terminal write status (if write permission is denied),

  • Idle time,

  • Login time,

  • User's home directory and login shell,

  • Any plan the user has placed in file .plan in their home directory,

  • Project on which they are working from the file .project, also in the home directory,

  • office location and phone number (if known),

  • 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 d is present. Account names as well as first and last names of users are accepted.

finger 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

finger recognizes the following options:

-b

Suppress printing the user's home directory and shell.

-f

Suppress printing the header that is normally printed in a short-format printout.

-h

Suppress printing the .project file in a long-format printout.

-i

Force ``idle'' output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, login time, and idle time are printed.

-l

Force long output format.

-m

Match arguments only on user name.

-p

Suppress printing of the .plan files

-q

Force quick output format. Similar to short format except that only the login name, terminal, and login time are printed.

-R

Print the user's host name.

-s

Force short output format.

-w

Suppress printing the full name in a short-format printout.

WARNINGS

Only the first line of the .project file is printed.

AUTHOR

finger was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

FILES

/etc/utmps

who file

/var/adm/wtmps

last login file

/etc/passwd

for users names, offices, ...

~/.plan

plans

~/.project

projects

/var/mail

mail directory

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