NAME

groups — show group memberships

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The groups utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent to “id -Gn [user]”. The command “id -p” is suggested for normal interactive use.

The groups utility displays the groups to which you (or the optionally specified user) belong.

EXIT STATUS

The groups utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Show groups the root user belongs to:

$ groups root
wheel operator

SEE ALSO

id(1), groups(7)