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31.\"	@(#)logname.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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34.Dd June 9, 1993
35.Dt LOGNAME 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm logname
39.Nd display user's login name
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by
46a newline.
47.Pp
48The
49.Nm
50utility explicitly ignores the
51.Ev LOGNAME
52and
53.Ev USER
54environment variables
55because the environment cannot be trusted.
56.Sh EXIT STATUS
57.Ex -std
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr who 1 ,
60.Xr whoami 1 ,
61.Xr getlogin 2
62.Sh STANDARDS
63The
64.Nm
65utility is expected to conform to
66.St -p1003.2 .
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70command appeared in
71.Bx 4.4 .
72