Linux commands: whoami
A quick guide to the `whoami` command, used to print the current user name
Type whoami to print the user name currently logged in to the terminal session:
Note: this is different from the
who am icommand, which prints more information
The
whoamicommand works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment
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