.TH USER  "" "" "Environmental Variable"
.PC "Name user's identifier"
\fBUSER=\fIuser_identifier\fR
.PP
The environmental variable
.B USER
names your login identifier.
For example, if your login identifier is
.BR fwb ,
then by typing
.B set
you will see the entry
.BR USER=fwb .
.B USER
is set by
.BR login .
.SH "See Also"
.Xr "environmental variables," environva
.Xr "ksh," ksh
.Xr "login," login
.Xr "LOGNAME," logname
.Xr "sh" sh
