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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000
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Use `The .Nm utility'
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@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-displays information about the system users.
+utility displays information about the system users.
.Pp
Options are:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl s
-.Nm Finger
-displays the user's login name, real name, terminal name and write
+Display the user's login name, real name, terminal name and write
status (as a ``*'' before the terminal name if write permission is
denied), idle time, login time, and either office location and office
phone number, or the remote host.
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ option, the office location and office phone information is displayed
instead of the name of the remote host.
.Pp
.It Fl l
-Produces a multi-line format displaying all of the information
+Produce a multi-line format displaying all of the information
described for the
.Fl s
option as well as the user's home directory, home phone number, login
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ mailbox since new mail arriving, or ``New mail received ...'', ``Unread
since ...'' if they have new mail.
.Pp
.It Fl p
-Prevents
+Prevent
the
.Fl l
option of
@@ -168,8 +167,9 @@ If no arguments are specified,
.Nm
will print an entry for each user currently logged into the system.
.Pp
-.Nm Finger
-may be used to look up users on a remote machine.
+The
+.Nm
+utility may be used to look up users on a remote machine.
The format is to specify a
.Ar user
as
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ is invoked by
.Xr fingerd 8 ,
aliases will work for both local and network queries.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
-.Nm Finger
-utilizes the following environment variable, if it exists:
+The
+.Nm
+utility utilizes the following environment variable, if it exists:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Ev FINGER
This variable may be set with favored options to
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