Thanks
got mine like this.
open (TFH,"</etc/passwd");
@data = <TFH>;
foreach $line(@data) {
($user,$pass,$uid,$gid,$info,$home,$type) = split /:/, $line;
}
$a = ($uid + 1);
bit shitty if your pass files get's to long.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maxim Berlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: UID's
> 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]
>
>
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