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In computer software, id is a program in Unix-like operating systems that prints the UID of the account of which the program is executed by.

Example: foobar@darkstar:~$ id uid=1016(foobar) gid=100(users) groups=100(users)

The root account has a UID of 0.

The whoami utility has been obsoleted by the id utility and displays a user's ID as a name.

The command id -un is equivalent, however id -p is suggested for normal interactive use.

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