A UNIX Command
$id uid=1000(jeffrin) gid=1000(jeffrin) groups=1000(jeffrin),29(audio),1001(wireshark) $id -n id: cannot print only names or real IDs in default format $id -a uid=1000(jeffrin) gid=1000(jeffrin) groups=1000(jeffrin),29(audio),1001(wireshark) $id -g 1000 $id -G 1000 29 1001 $id -Gn jeffrin audio wireshark $id -r id: cannot print only names or real IDs in default format $id -rG 1000 29 1001 $id -u 1000 $id -un jeffrin $
UNIX Explanation
GNU/Linux Based Explanation
Print user and group information for the specified USERNAME, or (when USERNAME omitted) for the current user
SunOS Based Explanation
If no user operand is provided, the id utility writes the user and group IDs and the corresponding user and group names of the invoking process to standard output. If the effective and real IDs do not match, both are written. If multiple groups are supported by the underlying system, /usr/xpg4/bin/id also writes the supplementary group affiliations of the invoking process. If a user operand is provided and the process has the appropriate privileges, the user and group IDs of the selected user are written. In this case, effective IDs are assumed to be identical to real IDs. If the selected user has more than one allowable group membership listed in the group database, /usr/xpg4/bin/id writes them in the same manner as the supplementary groups described in the preceding paragraph.
FreeBSD Based Explanation
The id utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the calling process, to the standard output. If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed, otherwise only the real ID is dis- played. If a user (login name or user ID) is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed. In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.