pinky
(1)lightweight finger
Options
12-lproduce long format output for the specified USERs
-bomit the user's home directory and shell in long format
-homit the user's project file in long format
-pomit the user's plan file in long format
-sdo short format output, this is the default
-fomit the line of column headings in short format
-womit the user's full name in short format
-iomit the user's full name and remote host in short format
-qomit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format
--lookupattempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS
--helpdisplay this help and exit
--versionoutput version information and exit
DESCRIPTION
- -l
- produce long format output for the specified USERs
- -b
- omit the user's home directory and shell in long format
- -h
- omit the user's project file in long format
- -p
- omit the user's plan file in long format
- -s
- do short format output, this is the default
- -f
- omit the line of column headings in short format
- -w
- omit the user's full name in short format
- -i
- omit the user's full name and remote host in short format
- -q
- omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format
- --lookup
- attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information. The utmp file will be /var/run/utmp.
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Report any translation bugs to
https://translationproject.org/team/
SEE ALSO
Full documentation
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pinky invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.