How to find your uid(userid) and gid(groupid) in Linux via the command line?

Question: How to find your uid(userid) and gid(groupid) in Linux via the command line?

Answer: 

1. Open a new Terminal Window (Command Line) if in GUI mode
2. Find your username by typing the command:  whoami
3. Type in the command id username to find your gid and uid
   EXAMPLE of results: uid=1000(username) gid=1000(username) groups=1000(username) ,4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom), 46(plugdev),106(lpadmin),121(admin),122(sambashare)

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• |2011-03-30 05:02:48 ravi - not working
  this command is not working at command line -- :(
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• |2011-03-30 08:51:05 TechPortal - @ravi
  I think you are definitely doing something wrong, or it's not supported on your
  system etc. I tested this again and it works on Ubuntu 10.10.
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