logname - Man Page

• Display the currently logged in user's name: logname

tldr.sh

logname [OPTION]

Print the user's login name.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Written by David MacKenzie.

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getlogin(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/logname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) logname invocation'

getlogin(3), utmp(5).