whoami

Print the user name associated with the current effective user ID

Synopsis

whoami [OPTION]...

Description

• Prints the user name associated with the current effective user ID.

Options

--help       Display help and exit.
--version    Display version and exit.

Return Value

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure.

Examples

[root@localhost ~]# whoami
root

Note

1. This command is equivalent to id -un.
2. whoami vs logname: If you log in as root and then su to user2, whoami will return user2, while logname will still return root.
3. This command is part of the GNU coreutils package. For more help, see man -s 1 whoami.