How To Install Whoami On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Whoami On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

whoami

Print the username associated with the current effective user ID.

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Maintainer: Michael Stone
Email: [email protected] .
Website: https://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Section: utils

Install whoami

  • Debian apt-get install coreutils Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install coreutils Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add coreutils Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S coreutils Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install coreutils Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install coreutils Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install coreutils Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install coreutils Click to copy
  • macOS brew install coreutils Click to copy

Print the username associated with the current effective user ID.

How to use whoami?

Below are few example commands for whoami that you can use in the terminal.

Display currently logged username:
whoamiClick to copyDisplay the username after a change in the user ID:
sudo whoamiClick to copy
Installation of latest whoami command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.