1CHFN(1)                     Linux Reference Manual                     CHFN(1)
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NAME

6       chfn - change your finger information
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SYNOPSIS

9       chfn  [-f full-name] [-o office] ,RB [ -p office-phone] [-h home-phone]
10       -u] [-v] [username]
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DESCRIPTION

13       chfn is used to change your finger information.   This  information  is
14       stored in the /etc/passwd file, and is displayed by the finger program.
15       The Linux finger command will display four pieces of  information  that
16       can  be  changed by chfn: your real name, your work room and phone, and
17       your home phone.
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19   COMMAND LINE
20       Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on  the  command
21       line.   If  no  information  is  given on the command line, chfn enters
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24   INTERACTIVE MODE
25       In interactive mode, chfn will prompt for each field.  At a prompt, you
26       can  enter the new information, or just press return to leave the field
27       unchanged.  Enter the keyword "none" to make the field blank.
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OPTIONS

30       -f, --full-name full-name
31              Specify your real name.
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42       -u, --help
43              Print a usage message and exit.
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45       -v, --version
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SEE ALSO

49       finger(1), passwd(5)
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AUTHOR

52       Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
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AVAILABILITY

55       The chfn command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is  available
56       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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60chfn                            October 13 1994                        CHFN(1)