PINKY(1) User Commands PINKY(1)
NAME
pinky - lightweight finger
SYNOPSIS
pinky [OPTION]... [USER]...
DESCRIPTION
-l produce long format output for the specified USERs
-b omit the user's home directory and shell in long format
-h omit the user's project file in long format
-p omit the user's plan file in long format
-s do short format output, this is the default
-f omit the line of column headings in short format
-w omit the user's full name in short format
-i omit the user's full name and remote host in short format
-q omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short
format
--lookup
attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information. The utmp file
will be /var/run/utmp.
AUTHOR
Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pinky invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/li-
censes/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
GNU coreutils 9.7 June 2025 PINKY(1)
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