, if you are on ux1, and you wanted to finger someone (kundert@uxa for example) on uxa, then you would type: If they are on a totally different machine (for example at a different university or at a business), then you would have to type in the full address after finger. If you wanted to finger jasha@magic.nowhere, it would look like this: ux1> finger jasha@magic.nowhere It is important to note that the finger function will not always work, because some machines have it turned off.