Get the username of the current user
This module is meant for informational purposes and not for secure identification.
$ npm install username
const username = require('username');
(async () => {
console.log(await username());
//=> 'sindresorhus'
})();It first tries to get the username from the SUDO_USER LOGNAME USER LNAME USERNAME environment variables. Then falls back to $ id -un on macOS / Linux and $ whoami on Windows, in the rare case none of the environment variables are set. The result is cached.
Returns a Promise<string> with the username.
Returns the username.
- username-cli - CLI for this module
- fullname - Get the fullname of the current user
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