id

Display current user and group identity.

• Display current user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:

id

• Display the current user identity as a number:

id -u

• Display the current group identity as a number:

id -g

• Display an arbitrary user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong:

id {username}

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