/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb TCPIP Services, Finger, User Requirements  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Use the following rules for command syntax, quotation marks, and
    wildcards when you enter FINGER command lines.

    o  Quotation Marks -

       By default, the Finger utility translates all user and
       host name specifications to lowercase. If you specify any
       letters that must be uppercase, then you must enclose them in
       quotation marks. In the following example, the UNIX user name
       includes uppercase letters that need quotation marks around
       them:

       FINGER "B"OB"M"ILLER@BASE1

    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, preceding the user and/or host
       name. If the qualifier follows the user and/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-1998 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.