topic Re: Silly easy one in Operating System - HP-UX

Silly easy one

Adam W. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:41:10 GMT

How would I search /etc/passwd and print only the usernames to the screen?

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:44:59 GMT

Shalom,

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

SEP

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:18 GMT

Hi Adam:

One way:

# awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd

Regards!

...JRF...

Adam W. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:48:26 GMT

Thanks Guys Cheers!

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:52:15 GMT

Hi (again):

Mind you, the 'cat' is a waste of a process!

Regards!

...JRF...

Michael Mike Reaser — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:22:07 GMT

cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd