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LOGNAME(1)		     General Commands Manual		      LOGNAME(1)

NAME
     logname -- display user's login name

SYNOPSIS
     logname

DESCRIPTION
     The  logname  utility  writes the user's login name to standard output fol-
     lowed by a newline.

     The logname utility explicitly ignores the  LOGNAME  and  USER  environment
     variables because the environment cannot be trusted.

EXIT STATUS
     The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     who(1), whoami(1), getlogin(2)

STANDARDS
     The logname utility is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2").

HISTORY
     The logname command appeared in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD 15.1			  June 9, 1993			      LOGNAME(1)

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