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)

June 6, 1993 | NetBSD 10.1