RE: Awk scripting Question

From: Smith, Albert (Albert.Smith_at_genexservices.com)
Date: 03/03/05

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    Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:09:00 -0500
To: redhat@chamkila.org, "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@redhat.com>

    How about this:

    for x in `cat /tmp/users`
            do
                    grep $x /etc/passwd|cut -d":" -f6 >>/tmp/home_dir
            done

    Albert Smith
    Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
    HPCSA, RHCT
    Genex Services
    440 E. Swedesford Rd.
    Wayne, PA 19087
    albert.smith@genexservices.com
    (610) 964-5154
     

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com
    > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Simran H.
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:01 PM
    > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    > Subject: Awk scripting Question
    >
    > Hey Guys,
    >
    > I am trying to do some cleanup work on one of my linux
    > systems and am having problems with a script that I am
    > writing.. Hopefully someone here can help me out:
    >
    > ls /home_nfs >> /tmp/users
    > foreach user(`cat /tmp/users`)
    > (echo `grep '/$user:' /home/Home_Script/passwd` | awk
    > -F : '{print $6}' | awk -F / '{print "/"$2"/"$3}' >>
    > /tmp/home_dir) end
    >
    > It looks like the script is failing at the echo `grep '/$user:'
    > /home/Home_Script/passwd` part.. Anyone know what I am doing wrong.
    >
    > What I am trying to achieve is this:
    >
    > I have a file /tmp/users with all usernames and I want to
    > grep for those users names in /etc/passwd and create another
    > directory with just the home dir entries.
    >
    > Any help would be grately appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks in advance.
    >
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