>     -r      Display the real ID for the -g and -u options instead of the ef-
>             fective ID.

Please reread the above line.  It says the '-r' option is only valid
with the '-g' and '-u' options, not by itself.  And there it works fine:

% id
uid=248(jdarrow) euid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),5(operator),20(staff)
% id -u
0
% id -ur
248

This pr should be closed.

jdarrow

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