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FINGER(1)							     FINGER(1)

NAME
     finger - user information lookup program

SYNOPSIS
     finger [-4|-6] [-bfhilmpqsw] [name...]

DESCRIPTION
     Finger is used to find out about people.  It searches for the local
     /etc/passwd file and the NIS for matching account names and first or last
     names.  Finger displays, if known, the name of the person associated with
     each account, mail alias, and home and office telephone numbers.  If
     there is an account on the local machine, the home directory and login
     shell, and any plan which the person has placed in the file .plan in
     their home directory, and the project on which they are working from the
     file .project also in the home directory.

     Finger may be used to lookup users on a remote machine by specifying
     their names using user@host.

     If invoked without name arguments, finger lists information about all
     users currently logged in, using a short output format.

     Finger options include:

     -4	  Forces to use IPv4 addresses only.

     -6	  Forces to use IPv6 addresses only.

     -b	  Force brief output format.

     -f	  Suppress the printing of the header in short and quick output
	  format.

     -h	  Suppress the printing of the .project file in long output format.

     -i	  Display idle time using quick output format.

     -l	  Force long output format.

     -m	  Match arguments only on user name.

     -p	  Suppress printing of the .plan files

     -q	  Force quick output format.

     -s	  Force short output format.

     -w	  Force narrow output format.

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FINGER(1)							     FINGER(1)

FILES
     /etc/passwd	 - users names, offices, ...
     ~/.plan		 plans
     ~/.project		 projects
     /var/adm/lastlog - directory for lastlogin times, one file per user

SEE ALSO
     who(1), ypchpass(1)

BUGS
     Only the first line of the .project file is printed.

     There is no way to pass arguments to the remote machine as finger uses an
     internet standard port.

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