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.TH FINGER 1
.UC
.SH NAME
finger \- user information lookup program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B finger
[
options
] name ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
By default
.I finger
lists the login name, full name, terminal name and write status
(as a '*' before the terminal name if write permission is denied),
idle time, login time, and office location and phone number
(if they are known) for each current UNIX user.
(Idle time is minutes if it is a single integer, hours and minutes if a ':'
is present, or days and hours if a 'd' is present.)
.PP
A longer format also exists and is used by
.I finger
whenever a list of peoples names is given.  (Account names as well as
first and last names of users are accepted.)
This format is multi-line, and includes all the information described above
as well as the user's home
directory and login shell, any plan which the person has placed in the file
.I \&.plan
in their home
directory, and the project on which they are working from the file
.I \&.project
also in the home directory.
.PP
.I Finger
options include:
.TP
.B \-f
Suppress the printing of the header line (short format).
.TP
.B \-l
Force long output format.
.TP
.B \-p
Suppress printing of the
.I \&.plan
files
.TP
.B \-s
Force short output format.
.SH FILES
.ta 2i
/etc/utmp	who file
.br
/etc/passwd	for users names, offices, phones, directories and shells
.br
/usr/adm/lastlog	last login times
.br
~/.plan	plans
.br
~/.project	projects
.SH "SEE ALSO"
w(1), who(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Earl T. Cohen
.SH BUGS
Only the first line of the
.I .project
file is printed.
.PP
The encoding of the gecos field is UCB dependent \- it knows that an office
`197MC' is `197M Cory Hall', and tht `529BE' is `529B Evans Hall'.
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1b0f334f EC	1	.TH FINGER 1
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	finger \- user information lookup program
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B finger
	7	[
	8	options
	9	] name ...
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	By default
	12	.I finger
	13	lists the login name, full name, terminal name and write status
	14	(as a '*' before the terminal name if write permission is denied),
	15	idle time, login time, and office location and phone number
	16	(if they are known) for each current UNIX user.
	17	(Idle time is minutes if it is a single integer, hours and minutes if a ':'
	18	is present, or days and hours if a 'd' is present.)
	19	.PP
	20	A longer format also exists and is used by
	21	.I finger
	22	whenever a list of peoples names is given. (Account names as well as
	23	first and last names of users are accepted.)
	24	This format is multi-line, and includes all the information described above
	25	as well as the user's home
	26	directory and login shell, any plan which the person has placed in the file
	27	.I \&.plan
	28	in their home
	29	directory, and the project on which they are working from the file
	30	.I \&.project
	31	also in the home directory.
	32	.PP
	33	.I Finger
	34	options include:
	35	.TP
	36	.B \-f
	37	Suppress the printing of the header line (short format).
	38	.TP
	39	.B \-l
	40	Force long output format.
	41	.TP
	42	.B \-p
	43	Suppress printing of the
	44	.I \&.plan
	45	files
	46	.TP
	47	.B \-s
	48	Force short output format.
	49	.SH FILES
	50	.ta 2i
	51	/etc/utmp who file
	52	.br
	53	/etc/passwd for users names, offices, phones, directories and shells
	54	.br
	55	/usr/adm/lastlog last login times
	56	.br
	57	~/.plan plans
	58	.br
	59	~/.project projects
	60	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	61	w(1), who(1)
	62	.SH AUTHOR
	63	Earl T. Cohen
	64	.SH BUGS
65	Only the first line of the
66	.I .project
67	file is printed.
68	.PP
69	The encoding of the gecos field is UCB dependent \- it knows that an office
70	`197MC' is `197M Cory Hall', and tht `529BE' is `529B Evans Hall'.