groups

print the groups a user is in

Synopsis

groups [OPTION]... [USERNAME]...

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examples

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  groups $FT_USER

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  groups $FT_USER | tr " " ","

description

Print group memberships for each USERNAME or, if no USERNAME is specified, for the current process (which may differ if the groups database has changed).

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

copyright

Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

reporting bugs

Report groups bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report groups translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

see also

The full documentation for groups is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and groups programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'groups invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

author

Written by David MacKenzie and James Youngman.