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| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Bill Joy, Richard Mlynarik, Intel, Microsoft, ReactOS Contributors, Novell |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, iRMX 86, Windows, ReactOS, NetWare |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | BSD: BSD License coreutils: GPLv3 iRMX 86, Windows, NetWare: Proprietary commercial software ReactOS: GPLv2 |
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In computing, Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.whoami is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows[1] operating system since Windows Server 2003, and on ReactOS. It is a concatenation of the words "Who am I?" and prints the effective username of the current user when invoked.
Overview
whoami commandThe command has the same effect as the Unix command Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.id -un. On Unix-like operating systems, the output of the command is slightly different from $USER because Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.whoami outputs the username that the user is working under, whereas $USER outputs the username that was used to log in. For example, if the user logged in as John and Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.su into root, Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.whoami displays root and Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.echo $USER displays John. This is because the Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.su command does not invoke a login shell by default.
The earliest versions were created in 2.9 BSD as a convenience form for Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.who am i, the Berkeley Unix Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.who command's way of printing just the logged in user's identity. This version was developed by Bill Joy.[2]
The GNU version was written by Richard Mlynarik and is part of the GNU Core Utilities (coreutils).
The command is available as a separate package for Microsoft Windows as part of the GnuWin32 project[3] and the UnxUtils collection of native Win32 ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities.[4]
On Intel iRMX 86 this command lists the currents user's identification and access rights.[5]
The command is also available as part of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit[6] and Windows XP SP2 Support Tools.[7]
The ReactOS version was developed by Ismael Ferreras Morezuelas and is licensed under the GPLv2.[8]
This command was also available as a NetWare-Command residing in the public-directory of the fileserver. It also outputs the current connections to which server the workstation is attached with which username.
Example
Unix, Unix-like
# whoami
root
Intel iRMX 86
--WHOAMI
USER ID: 5
ACCESS ID'S: 5, WORLD
Windows, ReactOS
C:\Users\admin>whoami
workgroup\admin
See also
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- Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.logname
- Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.id
- Page Template:Kbd/styles.css has no content.who
- User identifiers for Unix
- List of Unix commands
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Microsoft TechNet Whoami article". Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ 2.9.1BSD Manual Page
- ^ CoreUtils for Windows
- ^ Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities
- ^ iRMX™86 INTRODUCTION AND OPERATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL For Release 6
- ^ Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool: Whoami.exe
- ^ Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 3 January 2022.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barrett, Daniel J. (2012). Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide: Take Command of Your Mac. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1449328986.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stanek, William R. (2008). Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735622623.
External links
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