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6 id - print real and effective user and group IDs
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9 id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]
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12 Print user and group information for the specified USERNAME, or (when
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15 -a ignore, for compatibility with other versions
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17 -Z, --context
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21 print only the effective group ID
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24 print all group IDs
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27 print a name instead of a number, for -ugG
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30 print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -ugG
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35 --help display this help and exit
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43 Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
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46 Report id bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
47 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
48 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
49 Report id translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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52 Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
53 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
54 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
55 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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58 The full documentation for id is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
59 the info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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68GNU coreutils 8.4 June 2018 ID(1)