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PINKY(1)                      User Commands                      PINKY(1)

NAME         top

       pinky - lightweight finger

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-l\-l]8;;\     produce long format output for the specified USERs

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-b\-b]8;;\     omit the user's home directory and shell in long format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-h\-h]8;;\     omit the user's project file in long format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-p\-p]8;;\     omit the user's plan file in long format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-s\-s]8;;\     do short format output, this is the default

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-f\-f]8;;\     omit the line of column headings in short format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-w\-w]8;;\     omit the user's full name in short format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-i\-i]8;;\     omit the user's full name and remote host in short format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky-q\-q]8;;\     omit the user's full name, remote host and idle time in
              short format

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#pinky--lookup\--lookup]8;;\
              attempt to canonicalize hostnames via DNS

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky#pinky--help\--help]8;;\ display this help and exit

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pinky#pinky--version\--version]8;;\
              output version information and exit

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

AUTHOR         top

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

REPORTING BUGS         top

       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         top

       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         top

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

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GNU coreutils 9.11              April 2026                       PINKY(1)