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whoami(1B)	   SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands	    whoami(1B)

NAME
       whoami - display the effective current username

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/ucb/whoami

DESCRIPTION
       whoami  displays	 the login name corresponding to the current effective
       user ID. If you have used su to temporarily adopt another user,	whoami
       will  report  the  login name associated with that user ID. whoami gets
       its information from the geteuid and  getpwuid  library	routines  (see
       getuid and getpwnam(3C), respectively).

FILES
       /etc/passwd	       username data base

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWscpu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       su(1M), who(1), getuid(2), getpwnam(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10			  14 Sep 1992			    whoami(1B)

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