LinuxCommandLibrary

logname

return the user's login name

TLDR

Display the currently logged in user's name

$ logname
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SYNOPSIS

logname [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Print the user's login name.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

getlogin(3) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/logname> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) logname invocation'

AUTHOR

Written by FIXME: unknown.

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