id Command Examples
Display current user and group identity. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/id-invocation.html.
- Display current user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:
id
- Display the current user identity:
id {{[-un|--user --name]}}
- Display the current user identity as a number:
id {{[-u|--user]}}
- Display the current primary group identity:
id {{[-gn|--group --name]}}
- Display the current primary group identity as a number:
id {{[-g|--group]}}
- Display an arbitrary user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:
id {{username}}