GROUPS(1) User Commands GROUPS(1)

NAME

groups - print group membership of user

SYNOPSIS

groups [user]...

DESCRIPTION

The command groups prints on standard output the groups to which you or
the optionally specified user belong. Each user belongs to a group
specified in /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in
/etc/group. Note that /etc/passwd specifies the numerical ID (gid) of
the group. The groups command converts gid to the group name in the
output.

EXAMPLES

The output takes the following form:

example% groups tester01 tester02
tester01 : staff
tester02 : staff
example%

FILES

/etc/passwd


/etc/group

SEE ALSO

group(5), passwd(5), attributes(7)

September 14, 1992 GROUPS(1)