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id

Display current user and group identity. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id.
  • Display current user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:
    id
  • Display the current user identity as a number:
    id -u
  • Display the current group identity as a number:
    id -g
  • Display an arbitrary user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:
    id {{username}}

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