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NAME
     finger - display information about users

SYNOPSIS
     finger [ options ] name...

DESCRIPTION
     By default, finger displays information about each logged-in
     user,  including his or her: login name, full name, terminal
     name (prepended with a `*' if write-permission  is  denied),
     idle  time,  login  time,  and  location  (comment  field in
     /etc/ttytab for users logged in locally, hostname for  users
     logged in remotely) if known.

     Idle time is minutes if it is a single  integer,  hours  and
     minutes  if  a  ':'  is present, or days and hours if a d is
     present.

     When one or more name arguments  are  given,  more  detailed
     information  is  given for each name specified, whether they
     are logged in or not.  A name may be a first or  last  name,
     or  an  account  name.  Information is presented in a multi-
     line format, and includes, in addition  to  the  information
     mentioned above:
          the user's home directory and login shell
          the time they logged in if they  are  currently  logged
          in, or the time they last logged in if they are not, as
          well as the terminal or host from which they logged  in
          and,  if  a  terminal, the comment field in /etc/ttytab
          for that terminal
          the last time they received mail,  and  the  last  time
          they read their mail
          any plan contained in the file .plan in the user's home
          directory
          and any project on which they are working described  in
          the file .project (also in that directory)

     If a name argument contains an at-sign, `@', then a  connec-
     tion  is  attempted  to the machine named after the at-sign,
     and the remote finger daemon is queried.  The data  returned
     by  that  daemon is printed. If a long format printout is to
     be produced, finger passes  the  -l  option  to  the  remote
     finger  daemon  over the network using the /W feature of the
     protocol (see NAME/FINGER Protocol).

OPTIONS
     -m   Match arguments only on user name (not  first  or  last
          name).

     -l   Force long output format.

     -s   Force short output format.



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     -q   Force quick output format, which is  similar  to  short
          format  except  that only the login name, terminal, and
          login time are printed.

     -i   Force ``idle'' output format, which is similar to short
          format except that only the login name, terminal, login
          time, and idle time are printed.

     -b   Suppress printing the user's home directory  and  shell
          in a long format printout.

     -f   Suppress printing the header that is  normally  printed
          in a non-long format printout.

     -w   Suppress printing the full name in a short format prin-
          tout.

     -h   Suppress printing of the .project file in a long format
          printout.

     -p   Suppress printing of the .plan file in  a  long  format
          printout.

FILES
     /etc/utmp           who is logged in
     /etc/passwd         for users' names
     /var/adm/lastlog    last login times
     /etc/ttytab         terminal locations
     ~/.plan             plans
     ~/.project          projects

SEE ALSO
     passwd(1), w(1), who(1), whois(1)

     Harrenstien, K., NAME/FINGER Protocol, 1977 December 30, RFC
     742.

BUGS
     Only the first line of the .project file is printed.
















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