cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoTerminologylemmy.worldimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down115
arrow-up1856arrow-down1imageTerminologylemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month 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