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finger: add page #2141
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# finger | ||
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> User information lookup program. | ||
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- Display the user's login name, real name, terminal name and write status (as a "\*" after the terminal name if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, office location and office phone number: | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Remove - There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Done. |
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`finger -s` | ||
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- Produce a multi-line format displaying all the information described for the option ```-s``` as well as the user's home directory, home phone number, login shell, mail status, and the contents of the files ".plan", ".project", ".pgpkey" and ".forward" from the user's home directory: | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. This is copied verbatim from the man page. Please shorten it to a simpler version, and if possible use a word starting with There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Shortened it up, but no word came to mind that starts with an |
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`finger -l` | ||
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- Prevent the ```-l``` option of finger from displaying the contents of the ".plan", ".project" and ".pgpkey" files: | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. I don't think this option is required to be in a tldr page. There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Removed. |
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`finger -p` | ||
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- Prevent matching against user's names and only use login names: | ||
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`finger -m` | ||
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- Display another user's information: | ||
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`finger {{username}}` |
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We should start with the simplest invocation -
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. And probably shorten the description toDisplay the user's info