Hello Christo, Tuesday, December 04, 2001, Christo Rademeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CR> Hi how can I do this in perl ? srdof the same thing? CR> tail -n5 /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f3 CR> <- = ->> CR> 23 CR> 77 CR> 100 CR> 501 CR> 501 for example, you can write my @uids=`tail -n5 /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f3`; what do you need, exactly? trying to parse /etc/passwd? take a look at sample in perldoc -f split Best wishes, Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]