WHOAMI(1) | General Commands Manual | WHOAMI(1)

# NAME

`whoami` — display effective user ID

# SYNOPSIS

`whoami` |

# DESCRIPTION

The `whoami` utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent to `id` `-un`. The command `id` `-p` is suggested for normal interactive use.

The `whoami` utility displays your effective user ID as a name.

# EXIT STATUS

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

# SEE ALSO

id(1)

# HISTORY

The `whoami` utility first appeared in 2BSD.

January 15, 2012 | Debian