Linux logname Command
Posted on February 14, 2021 (Last modified on July 14, 2022) • 2 min read • 250 wordsIn 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
vagrant
The 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 logname
To open info page for logname command we can use command below.
info logname
To open help page from logname command we can run command below.
logname --help
You can find logname
command source code from the following repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
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.