How do I get the name of the active user via the command line in OS X?

Question

How do I get the name of the active user via the command line in OS X?

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure the terminal in OS X is just like unix, so the command would be:

whoami

I don't have a mac on me at the moment so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

NOTE - The whoami utility has been obsoleted, and is equivalent to id -un. It will give you the current user