cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 16 hours agoTerminologylemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1660
arrow-up1660imageTerminologylemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoIt’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day. You can do getent passwd $USER
It’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day.
You can do
getent passwd $USER