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#! /bin/ksh

clear
echo "Enter location of home directory"
echo
read home
if [ ! -d ${home} ]; then

echo
echo "**********************************************"
echo "*The...

I fuond out why i was crap ver=`grep ${ACCT}: "/etc/passwd"

was not closed.

Thanks for the comment on using just the ACCT="${ACCT}1"
that cut donw some lines.

But now i have another...

I have a file called /ACCT/users that holds information on accounts to be created line by line.

I'm trying to create accounts and change the password to a generic password.

I want to probe...

I'm trying to understand the modification of the

${group%:*}

to reverse it so i only the the ID portion of the select instead of the group name.

Hey thatnks for that guys works good.

It didn't work the first time i tried it then i worked out the selcet is only in the ksh and i was running sh.

thanks again

I'm sorry i have only been at this for a week and i have no idea what you mean.

Is there a way i can take 'lets say the etc/group file' and arange the group names into a selectable numeric menu eg;

1) root:0
2) other:1
3) bin:2
4) sys:3
.....
.....
.....
and so on
...

I can't thank you enough for the help Dragon.

You have saved my sanity.

Cheers.

As of a week ago i thought a shell was somthing found on a beach.

I'm a virgin when it comes to scripting and i'm having a really bad time here.

What i need to do is prompt for a group number...