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finger(1)			 User Commands			     finger(1)

NAME
       finger - display information about local and remote users

SYNOPSIS
       finger [-bfhilmpqsw] [username...]

       finger [-l] [ username@hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@hostname n...]]

       finger [-l] [ @hostname 1 [ @hostname 2 .. .@hostname n...]]

DESCRIPTION
       By default, the finger command displays in multi-column format the fol‐
       lowing information about each logged-in user:

	 ·  user name

	 ·  user's full name

	 ·  terminal name (prepended with a `*' (asterisk)   if	 write-permis‐
	    sion is denied)

	 ·  idle time

	 ·  login time

	 ·  host name, if logged in remotely

       Idle time is in minutes if it is a single integer, in hours and minutes
       if a `:' (colon)	 is present, or in days and hours if a `d' is present.

       When one or more username arguments are given, more  detailed  informa‐
       tion  is	 given for each username specified, whether they are logged in
       or not. username must be that of a local user, and may be  a  first  or
       last  name,  or an account name. Information is presented in multi-line
       format as follows:

	 ·  the user name and the user's full name

	 ·  the user's home directory and login shell

	 ·  time the user logged in if currently logged in, or	the  time  the
	    user  last logged in; and the terminal or host from which the user
	    logged in

	 ·  last time the user received mail, and the last time the user  read
	    mail

	 ·  the first line of the $HOME/.project file, if it exists

	 ·  the contents of the $HOME/.plan file, if it exists

       Note:  when  the comment (GECOS) field in /etc/passwd includes a comma,
       finger does not display the information following the comma.

       If the arguments username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] or	@host‐
       name1[@hostname2...@hostnamen]  are  used, the request is sent first to
       hostnamen and forwarded through each  hostnamen-1  to   hostname1.  The
       program	uses  the  finger  user information protocol (see RFC 1288) to
       query that remote host for information about the named user (if	 user‐
       name  is specified), or about each logged-in user. The information dis‐
       played is server dependent.

       As required by RFC 1288, finger	passes	only  printable,  7-bit	 ASCII
       data.  This behavior may be modified by a system administrator by using
       the PASS option in /etc/default/finger. Specifying PASS=low allows  all
       characters  less than decimal 32 ASCII. Specifying PASS=high allows all
       characters  greater  than   decimal   126   ASCII.   PASS=low,high   or
       PASS=high,low  allows both characters less than 32 and greater than 126
       to pass through.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported, except that the  username@hostname
       form supports only the -l option:

       -b	Suppresses  printing  the user's home directory and shell in a
		long format printout.

       -f	Suppresses printing the header that is normally printed	 in  a
		non-long format printout.

       -h	Suppresses  printing  of  the  .project	 file in a long format
		printout.

       -i	Forces "idle" output format, which is similar to short	format
		except	that  only  the	 login name, terminal, login time, and
		idle time are printed.

       -l	Forces long output format.

       -m	Matches arguments only on user name (not first or last name).

       -p	Suppresses printing of the .plan file in a long format	print‐
		out.

       -q	Forces	quick  output format, which is similar to short format
		except that only the login name, terminal, and login time  are
		printed.

       -s	Forces short output format.

       -w	Suppresses printing the full name in a short format printout.

FILES
       $HOME/.plan	       user's plan

       $HOME/.project	       user's projects

       /etc/default/finger     finger options file

       /etc/passwd	       password file

       /var/adm/lastlog	       time of last login

       /var/adm/utmpx	       accounting

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWrcmds			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       passwd(1), who(1), whois(1), passwd(4), attributes(5)

       Zimmerman,  D.,	The Finger User Information Protocol, RFC 1288, Center
       for Discrete Mathematics and  Theoretical  Computer  Science  (DIMACS),
       Rutgers University, December 1991.

NOTES
       The  finger  user  information  protocol limits the options that may be
       used with the remote form of this command.

SunOS 5.10			  6 Nov 2000			     finger(1)
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