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.Dd 
.Dt WHOAMI 1
.Os BSD 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm whoami
.Nd print effective current user id
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm whoami
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Whoami
prints your effective user id.
It works even if you are
.Xr su Ns 'd ,
while
.Dq Li who am i
does not since
it uses
.Pa /var/run/utmp .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd
.It Pa /etc/passwd
Name data base
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr who 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 3.0 .