WHOAMI(1)                        User Commands                       WHOAMI(1)

NAME
       whoami - print effective user name

SYNOPSIS
       whoami [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID.
       Same as id -un.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Richard Mlynarik.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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.

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) whoami invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.11                 July 2026                         WHOAMI(1)