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35.\"	@(#)id.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
36.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/id/id.1,v 1.7.2.3 2001/08/16 13:16:50 ru Exp $
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39.Dd June 6, 1993
40.Dt ID 1
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm id
44.Nd return user identity
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Nm
47.Op Ar user
48.Nm
49.Fl G Op Fl n
50.Op Ar user
51.Nm
52.Fl P
53.Op Ar user
54.Nm
55.Fl g Op Fl nr
56.Op Ar user
57.Nm
58.Fl p
59.Op Ar user
60.Nm
61.Fl u Op Fl nr
62.Op Ar user
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64The
65.Nm
66utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the
67calling process, to the standard output.
68If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed,
69otherwise only the real ID is displayed.
70.Pp
71If a
72.Ar user
73(login name or user ID)
74is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed.
75In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.
76.Pp
77The options are as follows:
78.Bl -tag -width indent
79.It Fl G
80Display the different group IDs (effective, real and supplementary)
81as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.
82.It Fl P
83Display the id as a password file entry.
84.It Fl g
85Display the effective group ID as a number.
86.It Fl n
87Display the name of the user or group ID for the
88.Fl G ,
89.Fl g
90and
91.Fl u
92options instead of the number.
93If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be
94displayed as usual.
95.It Fl p
96Make the output human-readable.
97If the user name returned by
98.Xr getlogin 2
99is different from the login name referenced by the user ID, the name
100returned by
101.Xr getlogin 2
102is displayed, preceded by the keyword
103.Dq login .
104The user ID as a name is displayed, preceded by the keyword
105.Dq uid .
106If the effective user ID is different from the real user ID, the real user
107ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
108.Dq euid .
109If the effective group ID is different from the real group ID, the real group
110ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
111.Dq rgid .
112The list of groups to which the user belongs is then displayed as names,
113preceded by the keyword
114.Dq groups .
115Each display is on a separate line.
116.It Fl r
117Display the real ID for the
118.Fl g
119and
120.Fl u
121options instead of the effective ID.
122.It Fl u
123Display the effective user ID as a number.
124.El
125.Sh EXIT STATUS
126.Ex -std
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr who 1
129.Sh STANDARDS
130The
131.Nm
132function is expected to conform to
133.St -p1003.2 .
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136historic
137.Xr groups 1
138command is equivalent to
139.Dq Nm id Fl Gn Op Ar user .
140.Pp
141The
142historic
143.Xr whoami 1
144command is equivalent to
145.Dq Nm id Fl un .
146.Pp
147The
148.Nm
149command appeared in
150.Bx 4.4 .
151