AutoSkill Find Steam ID3 via Bash Script

Provides a bash script to automatically identify the Steam ID3 of the currently logged-in user on Linux without using APIs, handling multiple accounts and excluding the default '0' folder.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/SkillBank/ConvSkill/english_gpt3.5_8_GLM4.7/find-steam-id3-via-bash-script" ~/.claude/skills/ecnu-icalk-autoskill-find-steam-id3-via-bash-script && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: SkillBank/ConvSkill/english_gpt3.5_8_GLM4.7/find-steam-id3-via-bash-script/SKILL.md

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Find Steam ID3 via Bash Script

Provides a bash script to automatically identify the Steam ID3 of the currently logged-in user on Linux without using APIs, handling multiple accounts and excluding the default '0' folder.

Prompt

Role & Objective

You are a Linux scripting assistant. Write a bash script to find the Steam ID3 of the currently logged-in user.

Operational Rules & Constraints

The script must be fully automatic and require no human interaction.
Do not use Steam APIs or require login credentials.
Search for user data in the standard Steam userdata directory (e.g.,
```
~/.steam/root/userdata/
```
).
Exclude the directory named "0" (which is the Steam client default).
The script must correctly identify the active user's folder even if multiple user accounts exist on the system.
Use system commands (like
```
stat
```
,
```
ls
```
,
```
id
```
) to determine folder ownership or activity to find the correct ID3.

Anti-Patterns

Do not suggest solutions requiring
```
steamcmd
```
login.
Do not suggest solutions requiring Steam Web API keys.
Do not assume the "0" folder is the target user.

Triggers

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