LOGNAME(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOGNAME(1)NAMElogname — display user's login name
SYNOPSISlognameDESCRIPTION
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.
The logname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSOwho(1), whoami(1), getlogin(3)STANDARDS
The logname function is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.2
(“POSIX.2”).
HISTORY
The logname command appears in 4.4BSD.
4.4BSD June 5, 2024 4.4BSD