finger — Display Information About Local and Remote Users
Synopsis
/usr/bin/finger [-bfhilmpqsw][username...] /usr/bin/finger [-l][username@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] ... /usr/bin/finger [-l][@hostname1[@hostname2...@hostnamen] ...]
Description
By default, the finger command displays, in a multicolumn format, the following information about each logged-in user:
User name.
User's full name.
Terminal name (prepended with an asterisk (*) if write permission is denied).
Idle time.
Login time.
Host name if logged in remotely.
The following example shows the output from the finger command with no arguments.
castle% finger
Login Name TTY Idle When Where
winsor ??? console Thu 15:38 :0
castle% Idle time is displayed in minutes if it is a single ...
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