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Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?comparing_Two_different_passwd=B4s?=
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Smith)
Mon Oct 19 10:36:07 1998
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kevin Smith <kevin@mtsu.edu>
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Psychotron wrote:
> Hello All!!
>=20
> =09My machine is going down and I need to move the passwd file to another
> server, which has a different passwd. Both of them are huge files. All I
> need is just to find a way to discover wich user names are common to both
> of them, in order for me to change them. But I can=B4t find anyway to do =
this
> :( Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
>=20
Assuming you are using a bash shell:
-- cut --
for i in `cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd`
do
=09grep $i `cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd2`
done
-- end --
That will show you which usernames are in both files...
=20
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Kevin Smith
kevin@mtsu.edu
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
- Alan Turing
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