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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Creating new users using a text file as imput (using only shell script and/or awk) Post 302901769 by marcosruiz on Thursday 15th of May 2014 12:57:51 PM
Old 05-15-2014
Linux Creating new users using a text file as imput (using only shell script and/or awk)

I need somebody who could help with an exercise.

You have a text file called users.txt with this info inside:

users.txt:
Code:
user1:1234:/home/homedir1 ;

user2:1234:/home/homedir2 ;

user3:1234:/home/homedir3 ;

user4:1234:/home/homedir4 ;

The script should create an user using the first word of each line, the second word of each line will be used as password, and the third one as the home directory.

I would be very grateful If anybody can point me in the right direction

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags next time for your code and data. Thanks

Last edited by Don Cragun; 05-20-2014 at 04:06 PM.. Reason: Remove personal information
 

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script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME
script - make record of a terminal session SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename] DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS. The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it. NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script. SunOS 5.11 30 Jan 2004 script(1)
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