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.TH ID "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
id \- print real and effective user and group IDs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B id
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIUSERNAME\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print user and group information for the specified USERNAME,
or (when USERNAME omitted) for the current user.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
ignore, for compatibility with other versions
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR
print only the security context of the current user
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR
print only the effective group ID
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR
print all group IDs
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR
print a name instead of a number, for \fB\-ugG\fR
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-real\fR
print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with \fB\-ugG\fR
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR
print only the effective user ID
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report id bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report id translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B id
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B id
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqid invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.