# phpman > man > groups(1)

> **TLDR:** Print group memberships for a user.
>
- Print group memberships for the current user:
  `groups`
- Print group memberships for a list of users:
  `groups {{username1 username2 ...}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       groups - print the groups a user is in

## SYNOPSIS
       **groups** [_OPTION_]... [_USERNAME_]...

## DESCRIPTION
       Print  group  memberships  for each USERNAME or, if no USERNAME is specified, for the current
       process (which may differ if the groups database has changed).

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

### --version
              output version information and exit

## AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and James Youngman.

## 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
       [getent(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/getent/1/markdown)

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



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