Difference between who and whoami commands

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                          The man page description of who command is 
who - show who is logged on  

But there exists a similar command whoami. The man page description of whoami is 

whoami - print effective userid 

Can anyone explain what exactly these commands do ? How are they different from each other ?

Asked by narendra-choudhary (858 rep)

Sep 19, 2014, 05:07 PM
Last activity: Dec 14, 2020, 07:33 PM

Difference between who and whoami commands

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