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Re: Q



Erez Doron <erez@savan.com> writes:

> 
> Hi
> 
> does anybody knows of a unix command that
> checks if a there is such a user on the system ?
> 
> i meen that I'll ask if there is a username 'yossi' or 'moshe'
> on this host, and I'll get an answer
> 

Yes Virginia, there is one:

	awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd | grep USER_NAME_YOU_SEARCH

ie (for b*sh/ksh):

userp () { awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd | grep "^$1$";}

-- 
Alexander L. Belikoff
Berger Financial Research Ltd.
abel@bfr.co.il