GROUPS(1) User Commands GROUPS(1)

groups - print the groups a user is in

groups [OPTION]... [USERNAME]...

Print group memberships for each USERNAME or, if no USERNAME is specified, for the current process (which may differ if the groups database has changed).

--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

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getent(1)

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) groups invocation'

February 2026 GNU coreutils 9.10