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WHOAMI(1)                                   User Commands                                  WHOAMI(1)



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'



GNU coreutils 8.32                          January 2026                                   WHOAMI(1)