# phpman > man > WHOAMI(1)

> **TLDR:** This command is an alias of `id --user --name`.
>
- View documentation for the original command:
  `tldr id`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       whoami - print effective userid

## SYNOPSIS
       **whoami** [_OPTION_]...

## DESCRIPTION
       Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID.  Same as id **-un**.

       **--help** display this help and exit

### --version
              output version information and exit

## AUTHOR
       Written by Richard Mlynarik.

## REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>>
       Report any translation bugs to <<https://translationproject.org/team/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
       <<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami>>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) whoami invocation'



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