whoami
Sign in to saveIn computing, is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows Server 2003, and on ReactOS. It is a concatenation of the words "Who am I?" and prints the effective username of the current user when invoked.
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It sits within the topics ReactOS commands, Unix user management and support-related utilities and Windows administration.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.name
- whoami
- Software.screenshot
- Whoami screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- coreutils whoami command
- Software.developer
- Bill Joy, Richard Mlynarik, Intel, Microsoft, ReactOS Contributors, Novell
- Software.operating system
- Unix, Unix-like, iRMX 86, Windows, ReactOS, NetWare
- Software.platform
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Command
- Software.license
- BSD: BSD Licensecoreutils: GPLv3iRMX 86, Windows, NetWare: Proprietary commercial software ReactOS: GPLv2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- command
- Part of
- GNU Core Utilities
- Image
- Whoami screenshot.png
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Example
- Unix, Unix-like
- Intel iRMX 86
- Windows, ReactOS
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In computing, is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows Server 2003, and on ReactOS. It is a concatenation of the words "Who am I?" and prints the effective username of the current user when invoked.
==Overview== thumb|The ReactOS whoami command The command has the same effect as the Unix command . On Unix-like operating systems, the output of the command is slightly different from because outputs the username that the user is working under, whereas outputs the username that was used to log in. For example, if the user logged in as John and into root, displays and displays . This is because the command does not invoke a login shell by default.
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