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LOGNAME(1) LOGNAME(1)
NAME
logname - print user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname [--help] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of logname.
logname prints the calling user's name, as found in the
file /etc/utmp, and exits with a status of 0. If there is
no /etc/utmp entry for the calling process, logname prints
an error message and exits with a status of 1.
OPTIONS
--help Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then
exit successfully.
FSF GNU Shell Utilities 1
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