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Get the username of the current user
$ npm install --save username
var username = require('username');
username(function (err, username) {
console.log(username);
//=> sindresorhus
});
// or
username.sync();
//=> sindresorhus
Tries to get the username from the LOGNAME
USER
LNAME
USERNAME
environment variables. The result is cached.
username(callback)
Falls back to id -un
on OS X / Linux and whoami
on Windows in the rare case none of the environment variables are set.
callback(err, username)
username.sync()
You can also use it as a CLI app by installing it globally:
$ npm install --global username
$ username --help
Usage
$ username
sindresorhus
FAQs
Get the username of the current user
The npm package username receives a total of 125,787 weekly downloads. As such, username popularity was classified as popular.
We found that username demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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