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ID(1)				  User Commands 			   ID(1)

NAME
     id - print real and effective user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS
     id [OPTION]... [USER]...

DESCRIPTION
     Print  user  and  group  information for each specified USER, or (when USER
     omitted) for the current process.

     -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

     -Z, --context
	    print only the security context of the process

     -g, --group
	    print only the effective group ID

     -G, --groups
	    print all group IDs

     -n, --name
	    print a name instead of a number, for -u,-g,-G

     -r, --real
	    print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -u,-g,-G

     -u, --user
	    print only the effective user ID

     -z, --zero
	    delimit entries with NUL characters, not whitespace;  not  permitted
	    in default format

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

     Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

AUTHOR
     Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright	(C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute  it.   There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) id invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.9		  November 2025 			   ID(1)

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