LOGNAME(1) User Commands LOGNAME(1)
NAME
logname - print user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Print the user's login name.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
getlogin(3)
Full documentation
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) logname invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 LOGNAME(1)