On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, eric pareja wrote:
> GECOS=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^$USERNAME | cut -f5 -d: | cut -f1 -d,`
Funny, I'd use
GECOS=`grep ^$USERNAME: /etc/passwd | cut -f5 -d: | cut -f1 -d,`
but then again, I'm just lazy. =)
There's also
GECOS=`awk -F: "/^$USERNAME:/ { print \$5 } /etc/passwd"`
which is a little bit shorter. =)
You could also use perl or sed:
GECOS=`grep -e ^$USERNAME /etc/passwd | perl -pe 's/^(.*?:){4}(.*?):.*/$2/'
.. much longer but more fun.
Sacha 8)
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