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+<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FINGER"
+name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FINGER">13.4 <tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt></a></h1>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt>(1) will retrieve information about the specified user.
+You give finger a username or an email address and it will try to contact the necessary
+server and retrieve the username, office, telephone number, and other pieces of
+information. Here is an example:</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">finger johnc@idsoftware.com</kbd>
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt> can return the username, mail status, phone numbers,
+and files referred to as &#8220;dot plan&#8221; and &#8220;dot project&#8221;. Of course,
+the information returned varies with each <tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt> server. The one
+included with Slackware returns the following information by default:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Username</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Room number</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Home phone number</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Work phone number</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Login status</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Email status</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Contents of the <tt class="FILENAME">.plan</tt> file in the user's home directory</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Contents of the <tt class="FILENAME">.project</tt> file in the user's home
+directory</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The first four items can be set with the <tt class="COMMAND">chfn</tt> command. It
+stores those values in the <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/passwd</tt> file. To change the
+information in your <tt class="FILENAME">.plan</tt> or <tt class="FILENAME">.project</tt>
+file, just edit them with your favorite text editor. They must reside in your home
+directory and must be called <tt class="FILENAME">.plan</tt> and <tt
+class="FILENAME">.project</tt>.</p>
+
+<p>Many users <tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt> their own account from a remote machine to
+quickly see if they have new email. Or, you can see a user's plan or current project.</p>
+
+<p>Like many commands, <tt class="COMMAND">finger</tt> has options. Check the man page
+for more information on what special options you can use.</p>
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