finger: user information lookup program

Description

The finger utility displays information about local and remote system users. By default, the following information is displayed about each user currently logged-in to the local host:

• login name
• user’s full name
• associated terminal name
• idle time
• login time
• from where

Example

# finger
Login      Name                  Tty      Idle  Login Time   Where
itsiti     Ara                   pts/5       -  Tue 05:00    192.168.1.10

# finger itsiti
Login: itsiti                           Name: Ara
Directory: /home/itsiti                 Shell: /bin/bash
Office: Siti, Ara                       Home Phone: 01234567
On since Tue Apr 23 05:00 (CEST) on pts/5 from 192.168.1.10
No Mail.
No Plan.

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