NAME
    whoami - print effective userid

SYNOPSIS
    whoami [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
    Print the user  name associated with the current effective user id.
    Same as id -un.

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
    Written by Richard Mlynarik.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for whoami is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
    If the info and whoami programs are properly installed at your site,
    the command

    info whoami

    should give you access to the complete manual.