Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for, it worked perfect.
Basically I was writing a script to check the /etc/passwd for for errors,
users without passwords, users with uid's of 0, things like that, what I did
was this
list=`cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
for username in $list; do
# did some stuff
done
that would of be extermely hard if not impossiable without your help, thanks
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jack Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: Array in #!/bin/sh
> "Jack Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does an array exist in the oringial bourne shell?
> > If so, how could anyone provide a short example?
>
> No arrays in the classic sense, but you can do things like:
>
> array='jim bob al'
> for i in $array
> do echo $i
> done
>
> If you have a specific problem you are trying to solve, maybe we can
> help more with more specifics.
>
> rw2
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey really *is* what it's all about?
