PINKY(1)

NAME
pinky - lightweight finger

SYNOPSIS
pinky [OPTION]... [USER]...

DESCRIPTION

-l  produce long format output for the specified USERs

-b  omit the user's home directory and shell in long format

-h  omit the user's project file in long format

-p  omit the user's plan file in long format

-s  do short format output, this is the default

-f  omit the line of column headings in short format

-w  omit the user's full name in short format

-i  omit the user's full name and remote host in short format

-q  omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in short format

--lookup
    attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

A lightweight 'finger' program; print user information. The utmp file will be /var/run/utmp.

AUTHOR
Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.

SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pinky invocation'