Logname
In computer software, logname is a program in Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints the name of the user who is currently logged in on the terminal. It usually corresponds to the LOGNAME variable in the system-state environment.
History
The logname system call and command appeared for the first time in UNIX System III. The author of the version oflogname bundled in GNU coreutils is unknown. The command is available as a separate package for Microsoft Windows as part of the UnxUtils collection of native Win32 ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities.Usage
$ logname --help
Usage: logname
Print the name of the current user.
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit