_____.__                             
     _/ ____\__| ____    ____   ___________ 
     \   __\|  |/    \  / ___\_/ __ \_  __ \
      |  |  |  |   |  \/ /_/  >  ___/|  | \/
      |__|  |__|___|  /\___  / \___  >__|   
                    \//_____/      \/       

The 'finger' command is used to get information about a
specific user on a local or remote system. Things like 
full name, telephone number and email address.

It also normally displays the contents of the '.projects'
and '.plan' files in the users directory. The user can put
anything he wants into this files. Sometimes it contains
useful information about the user's activity, serves as a
kind of microblogging or all manner of humor.


<== My finger service ==>

I've set up a finger service on my server with my own 
scripts which provide all kinds of information.

Available fingers and system info:

finger @redterminal.org

Actual info about me (/now):

finger fab@redterminal.org

My latest Mastodon/ActivityPub posts:

finger feed@redterminal.org

My latest gemlog post:

finger gemlog@redterminal.org

My latest gopher phlog post:

finger phlog@redterminal.org

Weather condition at my location:

finger weather@redterminal.org

<== Your own finger ==>

I would like to see more people using their finger service.
Most of the pubnixes and tildes have some kind of finger
service set up on their system. In fact it's more and more
common in the smolnet community to have a finger address.

For example I use my personal finger address as a kind of
/now page where I put in what I'm currently doing in the
mid term. But you can put anything you want in it.

More information on Finger on my Gemini capsule

<== Join epochs finger ring ==>

You can make updates to your finger address public by
joining the finger ring. You can get information how to
join it here:

finger ring@thebackupbox.net/ring

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