Difference between revisions of "Finger"
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The output tells when the user last logged in, and how long they have been idle for if they are currently logged in. This information is very useful if you want to talk to someone (e.g. using [[hey]]), as you can use it to determine whether they will see the message or not. | The output tells when the user last logged in, and how long they have been idle for if they are currently logged in. This information is very useful if you want to talk to someone (e.g. using [[hey]]), as you can use it to determine whether they will see the message or not. | ||
| − | [[wheybags]] did a silly thing so if you < | + | [[wheybags]] did a silly thing so if you <tt>finger @cube</tt> (networked finger) it will show results from all netsoc hosts. |
==.plan== | ==.plan== | ||
| − | Another interesting feature of ''finger'' is the Plan. If a user has a < | + | Another interesting feature of ''finger'' is the Plan. If a user has a <tt>.plan</tt> file in their home directory, the contents of the file will be printed under the "Plan:" header whenever someone fingers that user. |
| − | To edit your < | + | To edit your <tt>.plan</tt> file, type <tt>[[nano]] ~/.plan</tt>. This file can be used to contain useful information, but more often than not it is used purely for humour. |
| − | If a user has a < | + | If a user has a <tt>.project</tt> file in their home directory, this will also be printed in finger as "Project:"; however, only the first line of the file will be read. |
| − | Both of these files have to be world readable, you can us the command < | + | Both of these files have to be world readable, you can us the command <tt>chmod o+r file</tt> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Hey]] | * [[Hey]] | ||
| + | * [[W15]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol Finger on Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol Finger on Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:10, 27 August 2016
Finger is a program for finding out basic information about users. It is mainly used to check if a user is logged in, and to check how long they have been idle.
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Usage
To finger someone, simply type finger username. For example, finger inky will show something like this:
Login: inky Name: (name) Directory: /home/inky Shell: /bin/bash On since Wed Jun 7 19:03 (IST) on pts/xx from ----- 11 hours 8 minutes idle Last login Thu Jun 8 23:30 (IST) on pts/xx from ----- No mail. Plan: Eat all the cookies
The output tells when the user last logged in, and how long they have been idle for if they are currently logged in. This information is very useful if you want to talk to someone (e.g. using hey), as you can use it to determine whether they will see the message or not.
wheybags did a silly thing so if you finger @cube (networked finger) it will show results from all netsoc hosts.
.plan
Another interesting feature of finger is the Plan. If a user has a .plan file in their home directory, the contents of the file will be printed under the "Plan:" header whenever someone fingers that user.
To edit your .plan file, type nano ~/.plan. This file can be used to contain useful information, but more often than not it is used purely for humour.
If a user has a .project file in their home directory, this will also be printed in finger as "Project:"; however, only the first line of the file will be read.
Both of these files have to be world readable, you can us the command chmod o+r file
