---
name: "groupinfo"
section: "8"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/groupinfo"
---

# groupinfo(8)

display group information

## NAME

**groupinfo** – display group information

## SYNOPSIS

**groupinfo** \[**-e**\] *group*

## DESCRIPTION

The **groupinfo** utility displays the name, group ID (GID), and members of the specified *group*.

The options are as follows:

- **-e**

  Do not display anything (quiet mode). This form of the command is useful for scripts which need to check whether a particular group name or GID is already in use on the system.

The *group* argument may be either a group name or a GID.

## EXIT STATUS

The **groupinfo** utility exits 0 if *group* exists, and non-zero if it does not.

## SEE ALSO

[group(5)](/group/5.md), [passwd(5)](/passwd/5.md), [group(8)](/group/8.md), userinfo(8)

## HISTORY

The **groupinfo** utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

## AUTHORS

The **groupinfo** utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks ⟨*agc@NetBSD.org*⟩.

## CAVEATS

If the specified *group* is the primary group of a user, but that user is not listed as a member of the *group* in the [group(5)](/group/5.md) file, the **groupinfo** utility fails to list that user as a member of the *group*.