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Old 04-09-2009
Please explain what code is doing between the two dotted lines
Can someone please explain the meaning of code between the two lines below.

Code:
if [ $# != 1 ]; then
    echo "./filter.sh <a flat file containing group and id>"
fi
------------------------------------------------------------
>IDnotexist             #account in request does not exist in NIS
>IDnotinreuqestgroup    #ID has already been removed from the request group
>DeleteAccount          #account belongs to primary group in request and has no secondary group
>AssigntoSecondary      #account belongs to primary group in request and has secondary group(s)
>DeleteAssociation      #account belongs to secondary group in request
>CorruptAccount         #account belongs to secondary group in request, however primary group does not exist
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
cat $1 |nawk '{ if ($2 ~/^[0-9]+$/) print($1",f"$2); else {print $1","$2}}'

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Old 04-10-2009
>filename
It will clear the contents in a file
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