GROUPINFO(8) | System Manager's Manual | GROUPINFO(8)

# NAME

`groupinfo` — display group information

# SYNOPSIS

`groupinfo` | [`-e`] group

# DESCRIPTION

The `groupinfo` utility displays the name, group ID (GID), and members of the specified group.

The options are as follows:

`-e`
  Do not display anything (quiet mode). This form of the command is useful for scripts which need to check whether a particular group name or GID is already in use on the system.

The group argument may be either a group name or a GID.

# EXIT STATUS

The `groupinfo` utility exits 0 if group exists, and non-zero if it does not.

# SEE ALSO

group(5), passwd(5), group(8), userinfo(8)

# HISTORY

The `groupinfo` utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

# AUTHORS

The `groupinfo` utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

# CAVEATS

If the specified group is the primary group of a user, but that user is not listed as a member of the group in the group(5) file, the `groupinfo` utility fails to list that user as a member of the group.

November 29, 2016 | Debian