From 97c8162543659f3de5fa13ef78476518ecbd1b2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Fernando=20Apestegu=C3=ADa?= Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:34:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] id(1): Add EXAMPLES section Add some examples covering the flags: G, n, P, p, u Add reference to groups(1) Approved by: manpages (gbe@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27539 --- usr.bin/id/id.1 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.bin/id/id.1 b/usr.bin/id/id.1 index 049614a1c67e..a7225846cfaf 100644 --- a/usr.bin/id/id.1 +++ b/usr.bin/id/id.1 @@ -136,7 +136,43 @@ Display the effective user ID as a number. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Show information for the user +.Ql bob +as a password file entry: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ id -P bob +bob:*:0:0::0:0:Robert:/bob:/usr/local/bin/bash +.Ed +.Pp +Same output as +.Xr groups 1 for the root user: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ id -Gn root +wheel operator +.Ed +.Pp +Show human readable information about +.Ql alice : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ id -p alice +uid alice +groups alice webcamd vboxusers +.Ed +.Pp +Assuming the user +.Ql bob +executed +.Dq Nm su Fl l +to simulate a root login, compare the result of the following commands: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# id -un +root +# who am i +bob pts/5 Dec 4 19:51 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr groups 1 , .Xr who 1 .Sh STANDARDS The