PINKY(1) User Commands PINKY(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pinky - lightweight finger

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pinky** \[*OPTION*]... \[*USER*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

[**-l**](#l)

produce long format output for the specified USERs

[**-b**](#b)

omit the user's home directory and shell in long format

[**-h**](#h)

omit the user's project file in long format

[**-p**](#p)

omit the user's plan file in long format

[**-s**](#s)

do short format output, this is the default

[**-f**](#f)

omit the line of column headings in short format

[**-w**](#w)

omit the user's full name in short format

[**-i**](#i)

omit the user's full name and remote host in short format

[**-q**](#q)

omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format

[**--lookup**](#lookup)

attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS

[**--help**](#help)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#version)

output version information and exit

A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information. The utmp file will be */var/run/utmp*.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

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

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

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

# [COPYRIGHT](#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.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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

October 2026 GNU coreutils 9.12

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Document: pinky(1) from coreutils 9.12-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git