Linux "pinky" Command Line Options and Examples

lightweight finger

-l produce long format output for the specified USERs -b omit the user's home directory and shell in long format -h omit the user's project file in long format -p omit the user's plan file in long format -s do short format output, this is the default -f omit the line of column headings in short format -w omit the user's full name in short format -i omit the user's full name and remote host in short format -q omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information.

Usage:

pinky [OPTION]... [USER]...

Command Line Options:

-l

produce long format output for the specified USERs


                            pinky -l ...

-b

omit the user's home directory and shell in long format


                            pinky -b ...

-h

omit the user's project file in long format


                            pinky -h ...

-p

omit the user's plan file in long format


                            pinky -p ...

-s

this is the default


                            pinky -s ...

-f

omit the line of column headings in short format


                            pinky -f ...

-w

omit the user's full name in short format


                            pinky -w ...

-i

omit the user's full name and remote host in short format


                            pinky -i ...

-q

omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format


                            pinky -q ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            pinky --help ...

--version

output version information and exitA lightweight 'finger' program; print user information. The utmp file will be /var/run/utmp.AUTHORWritten by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report pinky translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐mitted by law.


                            pinky --version ...