4.3BSD-UWisc/man/cat1/finger.1

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NAME
     finger - user information lookup program

SYNOPSIS
     finger [ options ] name ...

DESCRIPTION
     By default _f_i_n_g_e_r lists the login name, full name, terminal
     name and write status (as a `*' before the terminal name if
     write permission is denied), idle time, login time, and
     office location and phone number (if they are known) for
     each current UNIX user.  (Idle time is minutes if it is a
     single integer, hours and minutes if a ':' is present, or
     days and hours if a 'd' is present.)

     A longer format also exists and is used by _f_i_n_g_e_r whenever a
     list of people's names is given.  (Account names as well as
     first and last names of users are accepted.) This format is
     multi-line, and includes all the information described above
     as well as the user's home directory and login shell, any
     plan which the person has placed in the file ._p_l_a_n in their
     home directory, and the project on which they are working
     from the file ._p_r_o_j_e_c_t also in the home directory.

     _F_i_n_g_e_r may be used to lookup users on a remote machine.  The
     format is to specify the user as ``user@host.''  If the user
     name is left off, the standard format listing is provided on
     the remote machine.

     _F_i_n_g_e_r options include:

     -m   Match arguments only on user name.

     -l   Force long output format.

     -p   Suppress printing of the ._p_l_a_n files

     -s   Force short output format.

     _F_i_n_g_e_r uses the file /usr/lib/finger.conf to convert from
     the single character building code to a building name.  Each
     line in this file contains an ASCII character in the first
     column followed by a single TAB character followed by the
     full name of the building.

FILES
     /etc/utmp           who file
     /etc/passwd         for users names, offices, ...
     /usr/adm/lastlog    last login times
     /usr/lib/finger.conffor building character to name mappings
     ~/.plan             plans
     ~/.project          projects



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SEE ALSO
     chfn(1), w(1), who(1)

AUTHOR
     Earl T. Cohen

BUGS
     Only the first line of the ._p_r_o_j_e_c_t file is printed.

     There is no way to pass arguments to the remote machine as
     _f_i_n_g_e_r uses an internet standard port.

     A user information data base is in the works and will radi-
     cally alter the way the information that _f_i_n_g_e_r uses is
     stored.  Finger will require extensive modification when
     this is implemented.







































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