D FINGER, UTILITIES, FINGER provides a user-information query service.  2 Three versions of finger are available on this CD.   NAME'   finger, f - Displays user information    SYNOPSIS  !   finger [-bfhilmpqsw] [user ...]   M   The finger command displays information about the users in the passwd file.    DESCRIPTION   M   By default, information for each user on the host is listed.  This informa- L   tion includes the login name, terminal name and write status (an * (aster-M   isk)) before the terminal name appears (if write permission is denied), and 
   login time.   M   The finger command uses a longer output format when you specify a user or a M   list of users.  You can use account name, given name, or surname (as listed G   in /etc/passwd) to specify users.  This multiline format includes the L   information described previously, as well as full name, office number, andJ   phone number (if known); the user's home directory and login shell; idleI   time; any plan that the user has placed in the file .plan in the user's L   home directory; and the project on which the user is working from the fileJ   .project in the home directory.  (Idle time is minutes if it is a singleL   integer, hours and minutes if a : (colon) is present, or days and hours if   a d is present.)  M   If a host is not specified, the information is for users on the local host; I   otherwise, the information is for users at the specified host.  You can M   specify a user on a remote host by using the form user@host; if you specify L   @host alone, the standard format listing is provided on the remote system.  M   The finger command displays user information only if the specified host has I   a fingerd server running or inetd is configured to start fingerd.  (For C   more information on setting up this server for your host, see the $   fingerd(8) daemon reference page.)  L   If you want to make information available to other users who run finger onJ   your user ID, you can create the following files in your home directory:     .plan K       A file that contains plans.  The .plan file can contain more than one        line.   
   .projectH       A file that states what project you are currently working on.  The.       .project file can contain only one line.  <   The f command is a supported alias for the finger command.   FLAGS   7   -b  Produces a briefer version of long format output.   H   -f  Suppresses display of header line (the first line that defines the       displayed fields).  K   -h  Suppresses printing of .project files in long and brief long formats.   /   -i  Produces a quick listing with idle times.       -l  Forces long output format.  M   -m  Assumes user specified is an account name, not a given name or surname.   H   -p  Suppresses printing of .plan files in long and brief long formats.  M   -q  Produces a quick listing, including only login name, terminal name, and        login time.   !   -s  Forces short output format.   *   -w  Forces narrow, short format listing.   EXAMPLES  =    1.  To get information about user frankel at host1, enter: "             $ finger frankel@host1F             Login name:  frankel            In real life:  Sam FrankelA             Office:  3D08  ext5555          Home phone:  555-9982 ?             Directory:  /u/frankel          Shell:  /usr/bin/sh C             Last login Thu Jun 28 10:37 on tty56 from venus.abc.org              No plan.  H    2.  To get information about user chen at host1, when chen has both a>        .plan and a .project file in his home directory, enter:             $ finger chen@host1 M             Login name:  chen                       In real life:  A. B. Chen I             Office:  3D10  ext5322                  Home phone:  210-9876 F             Directory:  /u/chen                     Shell: /usr/bin/shH             On since May 16 11:06 on tty3   1 minute 2 seconds Idle Time(             Project:  aquatic entomology             Plan: ?             Complete Phase 1 research by end of second quarter. 0             Produce draft report by end of year.  M    3.  To get information about all users logged in to the host host1, enter:              $ finger @host1    FILES      /var/adm/utmp 6              Contains user and accounting information.  
   /etc/passwd '              Contains user information.      /var/adm/lastlog'              Contains last login times.   
   $HOME/.plan 5              Contains a user's plan.  (Optional file)      $HOME/.projectJ              Contains one-line description of a user's project assignment.              (Optional file)   RELATED INFORMATION   B   Commands:  fingerd(8), hostname(1), inetd(8), rwho(1), users(1).W                                                                                         