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GROUPS(1) User CommandsGROUPS(1)groups - display current group names
groups[user]
Thegroupscommand displays the current group names or ID values. If the value does not have a corresponding entry in /etc/group, the value will be displayed as the numerical group value. The optionaluser parameter will display the groups for the named user.
Systems which do not support supplementary groups (seeinitgroups(3)) will have the information from /etc/group reported. The user must usenewgrporsgto change his current real and effective group ID.
/etc/group Group account information.
newgrp(1),getgid(2),getgroups(2),getuid(2),initgroups(3).
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