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Old 04-15-2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52 View Post
If you want to ls for directories of the homedirectory of user $1:

Code:
ls -ld $(grep "$1" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6)

There's no need to look at /etc/passwd or to use an external command (unless your shell doesn't have printf built in):

Code:

eval "printf '%s\n' ~$1/*/"