FINGER(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual FINGER(1) 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 peoples 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 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. FILES /etc/utmp who file /etc/passwd for users names, offices, ... /usr/adm/lastlog last login times ~/.plan plans ~/.project projects SEE ALSO 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. The encoding of the gcos field is UCB dependent - it knows that an office `197MC' is `197M Cory Hall', and that `529BE' Printed 11/10/80 1 FINGER(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual FINGER(1) is `529B Evans Hall'. 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. Printed 11/10/80 2