Whoami
| whoami | |
|---|---|
coreutils whoami command | |
| Developer(s) | Bill Joy, Richard Mlynarik, Intel, Microsoft, ReactOS Contributors, Novell |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, iRMX 86, Windows, ReactOS, NetWare |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | BSD: BSD License coreutils: GPLv3 iRMX 86, Windows, NetWare: Proprietary commercial software ReactOS: GPLv2 |
In computing, whoami is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows Server 2003, and on ReactOS. It is a concatenation of the words "Who am I?" and prints the effective username of the current user when invoked.