On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:11:40 +0700, Kalpin Erlangga Silaen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am going to extract field username and UID from /etc/passwd and > passed into some scripts. Let say I got line > > admin 100 > admin2 200 > admin3 300 > admin4 400 > > and then I want to echoing into screen: > > admin has uid 100 > admin2 has uid 200 > admin3 has uid 300 > admin4 has uid 400 > > How do I make this with bash script?
You don't really need bash for this. Here's a sample awk script that should work: % cat -n /tmp/userlist.awk 1 #!/usr/bin/awk -f 2 3 { 4 print $1,"has uid",$2; 5 } % chmod 0755 /tmp/userlist.awk % cat /tmp/user-data admin 100 admin2 200 admin3 300 admin4 400 % /tmp/userlist.awk < /tmp/user-data admin has uid 100 admin2 has uid 200 admin3 has uid 300 admin4 has uid 400 % _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"