Shell Script that outputs the number of users with entries in the /etc/passwd file
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#!/bin/bash # Shell Script that outputs the number of users with entries in the # Unix or Linux /etc/passwd file # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/> # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASSWD=/etc/passwd # easy method with wc OUT=$(wc -l $PASSWD) # More accurate method to find out # If user account suspended using # character then second method # is more accurate and recommend OUT1=$(grep -Ev "^#" $PASSWD | wc -l) echo "$OUT [$OUT1]" # You can filter result with awk echo $OUT | awk '{ print $1 }'
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Tags: /etc/passwd, bash shell script, etc passwd, grep command, shell pipes, wc command ~ Last updated on: April 9, 2008
