On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 at 15:44, Orlando Andico wrote:
> > GECOS=`cat /etc/passwd | grep $USERNAME | cut -f5 -d:`
>
> Hey, cool! This is really great (and now I should start reading 'man cut',
> I love this learning gig) but it includes the "other" information (ie:
> office, telephone numbers) which come after the comma. Argh. Hmm...? :)
modify Orly's line:
GECOS=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^$USERNAME | cut -f5 -d: | cut -f1 -d,`
This only sucks when a user's full name has a comma, like Juniors.
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