GROUPS(1) General Commands Manual GROUPS(1) NAME groups – show group memberships SYNOPSIS groups [user] DESCRIPTION The groups utility has been obsoleted by the id(1) utility, and is equivalent to “id -Gn [user]”. The command “id -p” is suggested for normal interactive use. The groups utility displays the groups to which you (or the optionally specified user) belong. EXIT STATUS The groups utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. EXAMPLES Show groups the root user belongs to: $ groups root wheel operator SEE ALSO id(1) macOS 15.2 June 6, 1993 macOS 15.2