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31.Dd June 9, 1993
32.Dt LOGNAME 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm logname
36.Nd display user's login name
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by
43a newline.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm
47utility explicitly ignores the
48.Ev LOGNAME
49and
50.Ev USER
51environment variables
52because the environment cannot be trusted.
53.Sh EXIT STATUS
54.Ex -std
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr who 1 ,
57.Xr whoami 1 ,
58.Xr getlogin 2
59.Sh STANDARDS
60The
61.Nm
62utility is expected to conform to
63.St -p1003.2 .
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm
67command appeared in
68.Bx 4.4 .
69