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