In this tutorial we learn how to use logname command in Linux. The logname command print current user login name.
In this tutorial, we learn how to use the logname command in Linux. This command in print user´s login name
logname [OPTION]To use logname command in Linux we just have to run this command, no options or parameter to be passed to this command.
$ logname
vagrantThe output above shows that my current username is vagrant.
We can use man and info command to see the manual page of logname command.
logname command also have --help option to show list of options.
To open man page for logname command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.
man lognameTo open info page for logname command we can use command below.
info lognameTo open help page from logname command we can run command below.
logname --helpYou can find logname command source code from the following repositories:
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In this tutorial, we learn how to use the logname command in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command-line interface in Linux.