Reference

logname(1)

display user's login name

NAME

logname – display user's login name

SYNOPSIS

logname

DESCRIPTION

The logname utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by a newline.

The logname utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment variables because the environment cannot be trusted.

EXIT STATUS

The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)

STANDARDS

The logname utility is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”).

HISTORY

The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.

History