https://dikapediav2.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=WhoamiWhoami - Revision history2026-05-15T09:12:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0https://dikapediav2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Whoami&diff=208&oldid=prevArdika Sulistija: Created page with "https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/4-ways-to-identify-who-is-logged-in-on-your-linux-system/ <b>whoami</b> command is used to print the loggedin user name. $ whoami john <b>whoami</b> gives the same output as <b>id -un</b> as shown below: $ id -un john <b>whoami</b> command will display the logged-in user name and current tty details. The output of this command contains the following columns: logged-in user name, tty name, current time with date and ip-address..."2024-09-11T14:37:28Z<p>Created page with "https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/4-ways-to-identify-who-is-logged-in-on-your-linux-system/ <b>whoami</b> command is used to print the loggedin user name. $ whoami john <b>whoami</b> gives the same output as <b>id -un</b> as shown below: $ id -un john <b>whoami</b> command will display the logged-in user name and current tty details. The output of this command contains the following columns: logged-in user name, tty name, current time with date and ip-address..."</p>
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<b>whoami</b> command is used to print the loggedin user name.<br />
$ whoami<br />
john<br />
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<b>whoami</b> gives the same output as <b>id -un</b> as shown below:<br />
$ id -un<br />
john<br />
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<b>whoami</b> command will display the logged-in user name and current tty details. The output of this command contains the following columns: logged-in user name, tty name, current time with date and ip-address from where this users initiated the connection.<br />
$ who am i<br />
john pts/2 2009-03-28 23:04 (dev-db-server)<br />
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$ who mom likes<br />
john pts/2 2009-03-28 23:04 (dev-db-server)<br />
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$ who mom hates<br />
ec2-user pts/0 2020-06-15 05:43 (ip68-100-237-178.dc.dc.cox.net)<br />
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$ who -m<br />
saml pts/1 2014-01-06 09:44 (:0)<br />
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$ who likes candy<br />
saml pts/1 2014-01-06 09:44 (:0)<br />
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$ who eats cookies<br />
saml pts/1 2014-01-06 09:44 (:0)<br />
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$ who blah blah<br />
saml pts/1 2014-01-06 09:44 (:0)<br />
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Warning: Don't try "who mom hates" command.<br />
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Also, if you do su to some other user, this command will give the information about the logged in user name details.</div>Ardika Sulistija