The Finger Command

By default, finger will list the login name, full name, terminal name, and write status (shown as a "*" before the terminal name if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, office location, and phone number (if known) for each current user connected to the network.

Usage:    finger  username@domain

Switches:     -b    Brief output format

                   -f     Supresses the printing of the header line.

                       -i     Provides a quick list of users with idle time.

                       -l     Forces long output format.

                       -p    Supresses printing of the .plan file (if present)

                       -q    Provides a quick list of users.

                       -s    Forces short output form.

                       -w   Forces narrow output form.