...> finger <username[@host]> [<username[@host]> ...]

Finger is typically used to find out specific information about users on local or remote hosts. It is a command borrowed from the unix network environment. As the ham network expands, this application will help hams find out information about each other quickly and efficiently. By fingering a user, you can find out such information as a user's name, his mailing address, telephone number, QSL information, and other useful facts.

The finger command under JNOS can be issued in any of the following ways by both user and sysop:

finger The first form lists local users know to finger by virtue of a special file from the finger user directory maintained by the sysop.
```
...> finger
```
finger <username> The second form of the command is used to find out information about a selected user at the local host, namely your own system. It is useful for testing 'finger' on a system that you know is running.
```
...> finger n8fow
```
finger <username>@<host> The third form of the command is used to find out information about a user at a remote host.
```
...> finger n8fow@n8fow
```

Certain <username> strings are reserved and taken to mean that a JNOS function should be invoked to display system information, depending on what configuration options were used to build the server:

<username>	config_opt	output_same_as
`conf`	`CONVERS`	`conference bridge /WHO`
`links`	`CONVERS`	`conference bridge /LINKS`
`mbxinfo`	`MAILBOX`	`'I cmd in mailbox'`
`mhold`	`HOLD_LOCAL_MSGS`	`'mbox holdlocal'`
`mstat`	`MAILBOX`	`'mbox mailstat'`
`mpast`	`MAILBOX`	`'mbox past'`
`users`	`MAILBOX`	`'mbox status'`
`usersdat`	`USERLOG`	`list all users in UsersDatFile`
`mailfor`	`MAILFOR`	`'mbox mailfor'`
`info`	`ALLCMD`	`'info'`
`ax25`	`AX25`	`'ax25 stat'`
`aheard`	`AX25`	`'ax25 heard'`
`netrom`	`NETROM`	`'netrom stat'`
`iheard`	`all`	`'ip heard'`
`memstat`	`all`	`'mem stat'`
`socket`	`all`	`'socket'`
`tcpview`	`all`	`'tcp view bytes'`
`asystat`	`ASY`	`'asystat'`
`pkstat`	`PACKET`	`'pkstat'`
`rip`	`RIP`	`'rip stat'`

>deprecated< finger @<host> If you don't know the name of a particular user at a remote host, you can use the third form of the command. This command returns a list of all 'finger' files on the remote system. >> Example:

```
...> finger @n8fow
```

If the SAM or QRZ callbook server is configured, <username> is looked up in the callbook and displayed if the search is successful.