How to get current user's UID on Linux

Run

id-commands.sh

id -u

id -u

to get the current user’s UID. Example:

id-commands.sh

$ id -u
1000

$ id -u
1000

You can also get another user’s UID:

id-commands.sh

$ id -u root
0

$ id -u root
0

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