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finger: Display information about a specific user.
$ finger ${user}@${host}
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The command you mentioned is a shell command that uses the "finger" utility to retrieve information about a specific user on a remote system. Let's break it down:

  1. "finger": "finger" is a program/utility commonly found on Unix-like operating systems. It is used to retrieve information about users logged into a particular machine or information about a specific user.

  2. "${user}@${host}": This part of the command uses variables to specify the user and host. The "$" signifies that "user" and "host" are variables, and their values will be substituted when the command is run.

    • "${user}": Refers to the username for which you want to retrieve information. You need to replace "${user}" with the actual username you want to check.

    • "@": Is a separator used to separate the username from the hostname.

    • "${host}": Refers to the hostname or IP address of the remote system. You need to replace "${host}" with the actual hostname or IP address.

To summarize, when you run the command "finger ${user}@${host}", it will retrieve the information regarding the specified user on the specified remote system.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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