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LOGNAME(1) User Commands LOGNAME(1)

NAME

logname - print user´s login name

SYNOPSIS

logname [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Print the user's login name.

display this help and exit
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2025 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

getlogin(3)

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

September 2025 GNU coreutils 9.8