Guide to Unix/Commands/Self Information
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[edit] whoami
whoami tells you your current username.
Examples:
$ whoami abicool
[edit] groups
groups states the groups the current user is a member of
Examples:
$ groups wheel slocate www
[edit] id
id gives you the same information as the whoami and groups commands, but also includes the user id (uid) and group id (gid) integers associated with the login.
Examples:
$ id uid=3426(alice) gid=10(wheel) groups=10(wheel),21(slocate),401(www)
[edit] tty
tty tells you the terminal device that is assigned to your interactive login. The tty represents your console device, network connection ("ssh", ...), or terminal emulator process ("xterm", "konsole", ...).
Examples:
$ tty /dev/pts/14
