Reference: finger
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:52:54Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## finger

    finger [options] users

Display data about one or more `users`, including information listed in the files .plan and .project in `user`'s home directory. You can specify each `user` either as a login name (exact match) or as a first or last name (display information on all matching names). Networked environments recognize arguments of the form `user`@`host` and @`host`.

### Options

-b

  Omit user's home directory and shell from display.

-f

  Used with -s to omit heading that normally displays in short format.

-h

  Omit .project file from display.

-i

  Show "idle" format, a terse format (like -s).

-l

  Force long format (default).

-m

  `users` must match usernames exactly, instead of also searching for a match of first or last names.

-p

  Omit .plan file from display.

-q

  Show "quick" format, the tersest of all (requires an exact match of username).

-s

  Show short format.

-w

  Used with -s to omit user's full name that normally displays in short format.

Reference: find |  | Reference: fmli