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GROUPS(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                GROUPS(1)

NAME
     groups -- show group memberships

SYNOPSIS
     groups [user]

DESCRIPTION
     The groups utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent to ``id -Gn [user]''.
     The command ``id -p'' is suggested for normal interactive use.

     The groups utility displays the groups to which you (or the optionally specified user) belong.

EXIT STATUS
     The groups utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     id(1)

BSD                              June 6, 1993                              BSD