On Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 23:29:31 little_help wrote:
> Is there a way to change all entries for a current username with a new
> username? I have two files (A and B for the sake of argument). File
> A has all the current names in the passwd map and file B has the new
> names. For example
> File A File B
> Foo Foo123
> Bar Bar1234
>
Are File B's usernames given in the same order as File A's? You can read from
several (lexical preferably) filehandles - see perldoc perlopentut.
> I need to change all entries in File A with the entries in File B.
>
> ORIGINAL FILE
> foo:xxxx:111:222:Foo User:/home/foo:/bin/ksh
>
> NEW FILE
> foo123:xxxx:111:222:Foo User:/home/foo123:/bin/ksh
>
> I need some type of loop that will perform an exact match and run
> through both files? Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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