whoami and bash

[Joachim Backes]

Francois wrote:
> Hello,
> I would to be able to cancel a script I've written if I run it as root.
> I know there is a command "whoami" to know who is running the script, but 
> first, I would like the script :
> "Be careful, you are running it as root"
> "please, switch to user xxxx, and rerun it.
> "Do you want to abort that script, or else, to run it
> " as root".
> you can see the idea;
> I've tried with :
> echo "blablalaalaal"
> whoami
> echo "blbalalblbala"
> but I can't put the result of "whoami" in the text displayed. the result is 
> always written on the next line, like :
> blbablablaa
> john
> blbambamabma
> instead of :
> blabambamaba john blabalabmambaba
> 
> I've tried with :
> echo "bbalbalbaba" && whoami
> but the result is always on two lines.
> 
> Another try I made was :
> whoami = whoami
> echo "blabalababama &whoami balbabababamabab"
> 
> It's not a big deal, but I like cosmetic stuff like those when I write a 
> script. Thanks. Francois
> 
> --
> 

Why do you not use the "id -u" command and check for 0 as result?

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