How can I get only the number of the UID from id command?

umen · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

Hello (sorry for the cross posting )
im using sun Solaris, I need to get the user id number (generating unique id's)
but I fail to find switch to get only the number of the id

when i try to do id -u , i got:
id: illegal option -- u
Usage: id [-ap] [user]

thanks for the help

pressy · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

try this:

id |cut -d '=' -f2|cut -d '(' -f1

looking at the man page it says:
/usr/xpg4/bin/id -u [-nr] [user]
and per default from the $PATH you use /usr/bin/id.....

/usr/xpg4/bin/id -u will work....

regards pressy

Awadhesh · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

id | awk '{print $1 }'

Awadhesh

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