PINKY(1) General Commands Manual PINKY(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pinky - Displays brief user information on Unix-based systems

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

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

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Displays brief user information on Unix-based systems

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-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)

Print help information

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

Print version

\[*user*]

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-12

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Document: pinky(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils