On Sun, 2017-01-08 at 09:36 +0000, Phil Blundell wrote: > I'm not sure it's that complicated. Maybe I'm overlooking something > obvious, but something like "sort -t: -k3n" seems like it ought to > suffice for sorting /etc/passwd and /etc/group on numeric id. > > I didn't understand Patrick's comment about "id not present in each > file" though, maybe that's the key to the extra complexity.
/etc/gshadow doesn't contain numeric IDs, so sorting has to be done based on information gathered from /etc/groups. Not terribly difficult, just more code. I also wonder how to handle comment lines - remove them (easy) or associate with the following entry (nicer)? -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
