{
    "name": "whoami(1)",
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "whoami",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "/phpMan.php/man/whoami/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-27T16:08:54Z",
    "synopsis": "whoami [OPTION]...",
    "sections": [
        {
            "name": "NAME",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "whoami - print effective userid\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        {
            "name": "SYNOPSIS",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "whoami [OPTION]...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        {
            "name": "DESCRIPTION",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID.  Same as id -un.\n\n--help display this help and exit\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "output version information and exit\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "AUTHOR",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "Written by Richard Mlynarik.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "REPORTING BUGS",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "COPYRIGHT",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "Copyright  ©  2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later\n<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "SEE ALSO",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami>\nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) whoami invocation'\n\n\n\nGNU coreutils 8.32                          January 2026                                   WHOAMI(1)"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}