irix - finger (1)

     finger - user information lookup program

     finger [-bfhilmpqsw] [name...]

     Finger is used to find out	about people.  It searches for the local
     /etc/passwd file and the NIS for matching account names and first or last
     names.  Finger displays, if known,	the name of the	person associated with
     each account, mail	alias, and home	and office telephone numbers.  If
     there is an account on the	local machine, the home	directory and login
     shell, and	any plan which the person has placed in	the file .plan in
     their home	directory, and the project on which they are working from the
     file .project also	in the home directory.

     Finger may	be used	to lookup users	on a remote machine by specifying
     their names using user@host.

     If	invoked	without	name arguments,	finger lists information about all
     users currently logged in,	using a	short output format.

     Finger options include:

     -b	  Force	brief output format.

     -f	  Suppress printing of the .project files

     -h	  Suppress column headers if invoked without arguments.

     -i	  Display idle time using quick	output format.

     -l	  Force	long (default) output format.

     -m	  Match	arguments only on user name.

     -p	  Suppress printing of the .plan files

     -q	  Force	quick output format.

     -s	  Force	short output format.

     -w	  Force	narrow output format.

     /etc/passwd	 - users names,	offices, ...
     ~/.plan		 plans
     ~/.project		 projects
     /var/adm/lastlog -	directory for lastlogin	times, one file	per user

     who(1), ypchpass(1)

     Only the first line of the	.project file is printed.

     There is no way to	pass arguments to the remote machine as	finger uses an
     internet standard port.