Command Line – How to Find User ID (UID) from Terminal

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The title says it all. What command I need to run from a terminal to find my user ID (UID)?

Best Answer

There are a couple of ways:

Using the id command you can get the real and effective user and group IDs.
```
id -u <username>
```
If no username is supplied to id, it will default to the current user.
Using the enviroment variable.
```
echo $UID
```

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