PINKY(1)

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version 9.10 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

pinky — lightweight finger 🫶 like, the tiny chill version of finger, and yes that's genuinely the whole name bestie

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so here's the whole vibe. Every flag, no skips, and -s is already doing its thing unless you say otherwise 🌸

  • -l — long format output for the USERs you named. the full dossier energy ✨
  • -b — in long format, skip the user's home directory and shell. we're not snooping today 🙈
  • -h — in long format, leave out the user's project file. bye 👋
  • -p — in long format, leave out the user's plan file. also bye 💅
  • -s — short format output. this one is literally the default, so if you do nothing you already have it 👑
  • -f — in short format, drop that line of column headings. no labels, we die like icons 🦋
  • -w — in short format, skip the user's full name. less is more fr fr
  • -i — in short format, skip the user's full name and remote host. double privacy slay 🔥
  • -q — in short format, skip the user's full name, remote host and idle time. maximum mystery, main character energy 🧚
  • --lookup — try to canonicalize hostnames via DNS. it's giving detective 🔍
  • --help — display this help and exit ✨
  • --version — output version information and exit 💀

So the actual tea ☕: this is a lightweight finger program — it prints user information. And the utmp file it reads? That's /var/run/utmp. no cap, that's the path.

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Written by Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, and Kaveh Ghazi. legends, honestly 👑

🍓 REPORTING BUGS 🍓

Found a bug? Don't suffer in silence bestie, tell the right people 💌

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Also on the record: Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2). 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. 🫶 (that last bit is important, don't skip it)

and that's the page, bestie 💅 GNU coreutils 9.10, August 2026, PINKY(1) — go forth and pinky someone, periodt ✨💖

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