finger - display information about local and remote users

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SYNOPSIS

finger [-l ] [ username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] ... ]

finger [-l ] [ @hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] ... ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

• user name
• user's full name
• terminal name (prepended with a `*' (asterisk) if write-permission is denied)
• idle time
• login time
• host name, if logged in remotely

Idle time is in minutes if it is a single integer, in hours and minutes if a `:' (colon) is present, or in days and hours if a `d' is present.

When one or more username arguments are given, more detailed information is given for each username specified, whether they are logged in or not. username must be that of a local user, and may be a first or last name, or an account name. Information is presented in multi-line format as follows:

• the user name and the user's full name
• the user's home directory and login shell
• time the user logged in if currently logged in, or the time the user last logged in; and the terminal or host from which the user logged in
• last time the user received mail, and the last time the user read mail
• the first line of the $HOME/.project file, if it exists
• the contents of the $HOME/.plan file, if it exists

If the arguments username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] or
@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] are used, the request is sent first to hostnamen and forwarded through each hostnamen-1 to hostname1. The program uses the finger user information protocol (see RFC 1288) to query that remote host for information about the named user (if username is specified), or about each logged-in user. The information displayed is server dependent.

OPTIONS

The username@hostname form supports only the -l option.

-b

Suppress printing the user's home directory and shell in a long format printout.

-f

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

-h

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

-i

Force ``idle'' output format, which is 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 (not first or last name).

-p

Suppress printing of the .plan file in a long format printout.

-q

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

-s

Force short output format.

-w

Suppress printing the full name in a short format printout.

FILES

$HOME/.plan

user's plan

$HOME/.project

user's projects

/etc/passwd

password file

/var/adm/lastlog

time of last login

/var/adm/utmp

accounting

SEE ALSO

NOTES

The finger user information protocol limits the options that may be used with the remote form of this command.

Created by unroff & hp-tools. © by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).

Last modified 21/April/97