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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Did you know about finger and its accompanying program chfn? It feels like a relic from a different time.

Usage:
 chfn [options] [<username>]

Change your finger information.

Options:
 -f, --full-name <full-name>  real name
 -o, --office <office>        office number
 -p, --office-phone <phone>   office phone number
 -h, --home-phone <phone>     home phone number

 -u, --help                   display this help
 -V, --version                display version

For more details see chfn(1).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Command named finger

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

finger, yes, but IIRC I just manually edited a .finger file - I don't remember chfn.

Also, I haven't used finger in such a long time; since soon after the eternal September, probably. So many contacts never had finger info, it became not worth the effort to even check for it.

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