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6 lchfn - Change finger information
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10 lchfn [OPTION]... [user]
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14 Displays and allows changing information about user that is available
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18 If the user argument is not provided, username of the invoking user is
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22 Entering an empty string (by pressing Enter) at a prompt is interpreted
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