Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

id

Synopsis

id [options] [username]

Display information about yourself or another user: user ID, group ID, effective user ID and group ID if relevant, and additional group IDs.

Options

-g, --group

Print effective group ID only.

-G, --groups

Print supplementary groups only.

-n, --name

With -u, -g, or -G, print user or group name, not number.

-r, --real

With -u, -g, or -G, print real, not effective, user ID or group ID.

-u, --user

Print user ID only.

-Z, --context

Print security context of the current user.

--help

Print help message and then exit.

--version

Print version information.