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.TH PINKY "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pinky \- lightweight finger
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pinky
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,USER\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-l'\fB\-l\fP\X'tty: link'
produce long format output for the specified USERs
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-b'\fB\-b\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's home directory and shell in long format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-h'\fB\-h\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's project file in long format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-p'\fB\-p\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's plan file in long format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-s'\fB\-s\fP\X'tty: link'
do short format output, this is the default
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-f'\fB\-f\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the line of column headings in short format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-w'\fB\-w\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's full name in short format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-i'\fB\-i\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's full name and remote host in short format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-q'\fB\-q\fP\X'tty: link'
omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky--lookup'\fB\-\-lookup\fP\X'tty: link'
attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky#pinky--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky#pinky--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.PP
A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information.
The utmp file will be \fI\,/var/run/utmp\/\fP.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) pinky invocation\(aq