The ls command

The finger command

What does it do ?

It gives you information about local and remote users.

How is it used ?

finger [- s l m p] username

Examples and remarks

If you type in the command fingerturing, You will be presented with information about the user such as


	Login name: turing real life: Alan Turing 

	Directory: /home/turing Shell: /bin/bash

	Last login Wed Sep  6 16:07 on pts/12 from the.afterlife.nirvana.com

	New mail received Wed Sep  6 16:55:41 1965;

  	unread since Wed Sep  6 16:08:22 1965

	No Plan.

To find out information on a remote user you can type finger and username followed by an @domain name For example to find out information on a user on a remote system one might type: finger> ghopper@djlocker.navy.mil
To find out more information check your local man pages.