finger@

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NAME

finger@ - get user information from a host  

SYNTAX

finger@ [ host [ user ] ]  

DESCRIPTION

finger@ connects via IP[v4|v6] to TCP port 79 (Finger) on host, sends user (with an extra CR) to host, and prints any data it receives. It removes CR and converts unprintable characters to a visible format. Some computers respond to port 79 with information about user.

If user is not supplied, finger@ sends a blank line to host. Some computers respond with information about all the users who are logged in.

If host is not supplied, finger@ connects to the local host.  

SEE ALSO

addcr(1), cat(1), delcr(1), tcpclient(1)


 

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