cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agoTerminologylemmy.worldimagemessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1879arrow-down115
arrow-up1864arrow-down1imageTerminologylemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square74linkfedilink
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoIt’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day. You can do getent passwd $USER
No manual entry for finger
It’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day.
You can do
getent passwd $USER