whoami - phpMan

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20.3 'whoami': Print effective user ID
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'whoami' prints the user name associated with the current effective user
ID.  It is equivalent to the command 'id -un'.
   The only options are '--help' and '--version'.  *Note Common
options::.
   An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value
indicates failure.