examine

The examine command is used to examine the current room or a 
particular object in detail. If you own the object you're 
examining, if the object is set examinable, or if you're a 
Wizard, then the examine command outputs a great deal of useful 
information including flag settings, lock settings, fail and
success messages and other information about the object.
Otherwise, the examine command will display the name of the
object's owner.

Usage:

examine
examine me
examine north