Is 'finger' Available?

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Is the old finger command in any Manjaro package?

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Whether this is what you are looking for I cannot say - I only vaguely remember the name - not what it was used for.

 $ pamac search -f /usr/bin/finger
/usr/bin/fingerterm is owned by fingerterm

 $ pamac info fingerterm
Name                  : fingerterm
Version               : 1.4.16-1
Description           : A terminal emulator with a custom virtual keyboard
URL                   : https://github.com/sailfishos/fingerterm
Licenses              : GPL-2.0-only
Repository            : extra
Installed Size        : 285,5 kB
Groups                : --
Depends On            : qt5-feedback nemo-qml-plugin-notifications
Optional Dependencies : --
Required By           : --
Optional For          : --
Provides              : --
Replaces              : --
Conflicts With        : --
Packager              : Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
Build Date            : man 13 apr 2026 18:26:43 CEST
Install Date          : lør 13 jun 2026 07:04:08 CEST
Install Reason        : Explicitly installed
Validated By          : Signature
Backup files          : --
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Yeah, fingerterm is not what I’m looking for. Thanks, though.

Oh, just found it in an aur package. Sorry!

Mod edit: Consecutive posts merged.

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Which package?

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Oh crap, sorry, forgot to mention! It was netkit-bsd-finger. Thanks!

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If you’re ever looking for a specific binary or file you can try for example: pacman -F finger which will give you:

extra/chawan 0.4.1-1
    usr/lib/chawan/cgi-bin/finger
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The program was moved out of the distribution for a reason. Unless you really need to query remote hosts, there is pinky to query local users on your machine.

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Thanks, that’s good to know, but this is for a remote host.

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