Manual: gnugroups
GROUPS(1) User Commands GROUPS(1)
NAME
groups - print the groups a user is in
SYNOPSIS
groups [OPTION]... [USERNAME]...
DESCRIPTION
Print group memberships for each USERNAME or, if no USERNAME is specified, for the current process (which may differ
if the groups database has changed).
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and James Youngman.
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SEE ALSO
getent(1)
Full documentation
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) groups invocation'
Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
GNU coreutils 9.7 January 2026 GROUPS(1)