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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>finger</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fine.html" title="fine"/><link rel="next" href="finger-trouble.html" title="finger trouble"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">finger</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fine.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="finger-trouble.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="finger"/><dt xmlns="" id="finger"><b>finger</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [WAITS, via BSD Unix] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> A program that displays
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information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a
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remote system. Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time,
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terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). May also display
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a <a href="../P/plan-file.html"><i class="glossterm">plan file</i></a> left by the user (see also
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<a href="../H/Hacking-X-for-Y.html"><i class="glossterm">Hacking X for Y</i></a>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To apply finger to a
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username. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> By extension, to check a
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human's current state by any means. “<span class="quote">Foodp?</span>”
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“<span class="quote">T!</span>” “<span class="quote">OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 4. Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting ‘the
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finger’, see <a href="../S/See-figure-1.html"><i class="glossterm">See figure 1</i></a>. Originally a
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humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense
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2), it has entered the arsenal of some
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<a href="flamer.html"><i class="glossterm">flamer</i></a>s.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fine.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="finger-trouble.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fine </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> finger trouble</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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