Linux id Command

What is Linux id Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use id command in Linux. id command is id - print real and effective user and group IDs.

id Syntax#

id [OPTION]... [USER]

id Examples#

id Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of id command. id command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for id command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man id

To open info page for id command we can use command below.

info id

To open help page from id command we can run command below.

id --help

Linux id Command Source Code#

You can find id command source code from the folowing repositories:

• id source code on GitHub
• id source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• id source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use id in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.