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/usr/bin/id

GNU core utilities

From coreutils 9.12-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running id --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/id [OPTION]... [USER]...
Print user and group information for each specified USER,
or (when USER omitted) for the current process.

  -a
         ignore, for compatibility with other versions
  -Z, --context
         print only the security context of the process
  -g, --group
         print only the effective group ID
  -G, --groups
         print all group IDs
  -n, --name
         print a name instead of a number, for -u, -g, -G
  -r, --real
         print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -u, -g, -G
  -u, --user
         print only the effective user ID
  -z, --zero
         delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;
         not permitted in default format
      --help
         display this help and exit
      --version
         output version information and exit

Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

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/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) id invocation'
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-aignore, for compatibility with other versionshelp + man
-Z, --contextprint only the security context of the processhelp + man
-g, --groupprint only the effective group IDhelp + man
-G, --groupsprint all group IDshelp + man
-n, --nameprint a name instead of a number, for -u, -g, -Ghelp + man
-r, --realprint the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -u, -g, -Ghelp + man
-u, --userprint only the effective user IDhelp + man
-z, --zerodelimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;help + man
--helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--versionoutput version information and exithelp + man

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