Use the following rules for command syntax and wildcards when you
enter FINGER command lines.
o Wildcards - Wildcards are not accepted for OpenVMS hosts but
may be valid for some UNIX hosts.
o Qualifiers -
Qualifiers to the FINGER command must follow immediately after
the command verb and must precede the user or host name. If
the qualifier follows the user or host name, the FINGER utility
interprets the qualifier as a user name. For example, in the
following command, the qualifier /FULL incorrectly appears after the
user specification. As indicated by the last line in the display,
the FINGER server interprets /FULL as a user login name.
$ FINGER ROLLINS /FULL
Username Program Login Term/Location
ROLLINS $ Mon 15:02 64626::ROLLINS
Login name: ROLLINS In real life: Professor Rollins
Account: RES9 Directory: WORK1$:[ROLLINS]
Last login: Tue 3-MAR-2002 09:05:29
Unread mail: 25
Project: Homeopathic medicine/Silica
No Plan.
Login name: /FULL In real life: ???
o User Information -
To display information about all users on a remote host,
enter the FINGER command followed by the host name (FINGER
@hostname). To display more detailed information about a
particular user, specify the user name with the host name
(format FINGER username@hostname). To display information
about all users on your local host, enter the FINGER
command without specifying a host name. To display detailed
information about a specific user on your local host, enter
the FINGER command followed by the user name.