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GROUPS
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: February 2026
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NAME
groups - print the groups a user is inSYNOPSIS
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).
- X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups#group-help'--helpX'tty: link'
- display this help and exit
- X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups#group-version'--versionX'tty: link'
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR
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SEE ALSO
getent(1)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) groups invocationaq
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