20.7 pinky: Print information about users

pinky is a lightweight implementation of the finger command. Synopsis:

pinky [option] [username]…

The program accepts the following options. Also see Common options.

‘-l’ ¶

Produce long format output.

When producing long output at least one username must be given. If username cannot be found, the real name is printed as ‘???’ and the home directory and shell are omitted.

‘-b’ ¶

Omit the user’s home directory and shell when printing in long format.

‘-h’ ¶

Omit the user’s project file when printing in long format.

‘-p’ ¶

Omit the user’s plan file when printing in long format.

‘-s’ ¶

Produce short format output. This is the default behavior when no options are given.

‘-f’ ¶

Omit the column headings when printing in short format.

‘-w’ ¶

Omit the user’s full name when printing in short format.

‘-i’ ¶

Omit the user’s full name and remote host when printing in short format.

‘-q’ ¶

Omit the user’s full name, remote host, and idle time when printing in short format.

‘--lookup’ ¶

Attempt to canonicalize hostnames found in utmp through a DNS lookup. This is not the default because of potential delays.

An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure.