/etc/passwd

supercops · #1 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009

Hello All

I want to print only the full name from the /etc/passwd file and print it to the screen .

Could you please let me know how can I do that?

avronius · #2 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009

Code:

awk -F: '{print $5}' /etc/passwd

bluescreen · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009

or

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | cut -f5 -d":"

supercops · #4 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009

Thanks avronius and bluescreen for such a quick responce ....
Will it be possible to send that generated report to an email ?

Like I am doing like this currently but the email is not going throug

cat /etc/passwd | cut -f5 -d":" > abcd && mail mailaddresshere < abcd

devtakh · #5 (**permalink**) 06-06-2009

Code:

cut -d ":" -f5 /etc/passwd | mailx -s "Report" abc.jam@foo.com

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