---
name: "fingerw"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-finger-perl"
version: "0.105-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fingerw"
---

# fingerw(1p)

WWW::Finger command-line tool

## NAME

fingerw - WWW::Finger command-line tool

## SYNOPSIS

fingerw \[options\] identifier

```
  Options:
    --help, -h         this help message
    --format=F, -f F   output format
    --verbose, -v      increase verbosity
```

The identifier should be an e-mail-like URI.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Prints a brief help message and exits.

- **--format**

  Sets the output format. Currently supported are 'text' (a human readable plain text output - the default), 'vcard' (vCard 3.0), 'xml' (RDF/XML) and 'nt' (N-Triples);

  The amount and type of data returned may vary depending on which format is chosen.

- **--verbose**

  Shows debugging messages.

## AUTHOR

Toby Inkster, \<tobyink@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2009-2011 by Toby Inkster

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.