NAME

pinky - lightweight finger

SYNOPSIS

pinky [OPTION]... [USER]...

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

Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 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.