---
name: "members"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "members"
version: "20080128.1+nmu2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/members"
---

# members(1)

outputs members of a group

## NAME

members - outputs members of a group

## SYNOPSIS

**members** *groupname*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **members** commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.

**members** is a program that sends a space-separated list of secondary member names to its standard output.

## OPTIONS

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-a, --all**

  Show all group members on one line. This is the default.

- **-p, --primary**

  Show only primary group members.

- **-s, --secondary**

  Show only secondary group members.

- **-t, --two-lines**

  Send two lines to standard output. First line is primary members, second line is secondary members. NOTE: This always displays two lines, even if there are no members at all.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

## DIAGNOSTICS

Exit status is 0 (i.e. "success") if the group was found, and 1 (i.e., "failure") if the group was not found.

Technically, the exit status hinges on the output of **[getgrnam(3)](/getgrnam/3.md)** as follows: if  **[getgrnam(3)](/getgrnam/3.md)** returns a null pointer, the exit status is 1, and 0 otherwise.

## BUGS

I don't know of any! If you find one, please let me know!

## SEE ALSO

[groups(1)](/groups/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jim Lynch \<jim@laney.edu\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).