Reference

rust-id(1)

Print user and group information for each specified `USER`, or (when `USER` omitted) for the current user.

NAME

id - Print user and group information for each specified `USER`, or (when `USER` omitted) for the current user.

SYNOPSIS

id [-A ] [-u|--user] [-g|--group] [-G|--groups] [-p ] [-n|--name] [-P ] [-r|--real] [-z|--zero] [-Z|--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [USER]

DESCRIPTION

Print user and group information for each specified `USER`, or (when `USER` omitted) for the current user.

OPTIONS

-A

Display the process audit user ID and other process audit properties, which requires privilege (not available on Linux).

-u, --user

Display only the effective user ID as a number.

-g, --group

Display only the effective group ID as a number

-G, --groups

Display only the different group IDs as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.

-p

Make the output human-readable. Each display is on a separate line.

-n, --name

Display the name of the user or group ID for the -G, -g and -u options instead of the number. If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be displayed as usual.

-P

Display the id as a password file entry.

-r, --real

Display the real ID for the -G, -g and -u options instead of the effective ID.

-z, --zero

delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace; not permitted in default format

-Z, --context

print only the security context of the process (not enabled)

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[USER]

VERSION

v0.0.30

History

-A since Debian 13 (Trixie); -P since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie); -p since Debian 13 (Trixie).

-a until Debian 12 (Bookworm).