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Bash Check Username of User Running Script

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gistfile1.sh

	if [ "$(whoami)" != "username" ]; then
	echo "Script must be run as user: username"
	exit 255
	fi

Janovlk commented Dec 18, 2025

If you run the script from /etc/crontab the USER variable is not set too. At least in Ubuntu 24.04LTS.

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