Linux Commands | User Management | finger User Information Lookup

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finger Command

The finger command looks up information about users on the system.
If no arguments are given, finger shows the users currently logged in to the system.

finger Usage

finger [-slpm] [user]

Options

  • -s: Displays the user’s login name, real name, terminal name, login time, and related information.
  • -l -s: Adds several details to the option information and displays it across multiple lines.
  • -p -l: Hides the .plan and .project files from the option information.

Example

$ finger kimkc
Login: kimkc          			Name: kimkc
Directory: /Users/kimkc             	Shell: /bin/bash
On since 토  3 16 10:07 (KST) on console, idle 16:02 (messages off)
On since 토  3 16 23:36 (KST) on ttys000
No Mail.
No Plan.