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# 29  
Old 02-06-2011
script

Hi Scrutinizer,

Thanks a lot for the script. It worked. But can you please run me through the script?


Thanks again,
Mike
# 30  
Old 02-06-2011
Glad to see you finally got a command to fetch the user and group names.

Here my version updated to use the new commands (this will also get your columns lined up):
Code:
ls -n $@ | awk -F: '
function max(a,b) {return a>b?a:b}
function toend(str,fld)
{ for(i=0; i<length(str); i++) {
    while(substr(str,i,1) != " " && i<length(str)) i++
    while(substr(str,i,1) == " " && i<length(str)) i++
    if (!--fld) return substr(str,i)
  }
  return ""
}
BEGIN {
    while("lsuser -c -a id ALL"  | getline) {
        U[$2]=$1; UW=max(UW,length($1))}
    while("lsgroup -c -a id ALL" | getline) {
        G[$2]=$1; GW=max(GW,length($1))}
}
{ printf "%10s %3s %-*s %-*s %11s %s\n", $1, $2, UW, U[$3], GW, G[$4], $5, toend($0,5)
}' FS=" "

e.g
Code:
 $ lsnew .
-rw-r--r--   1 root         system           168 Jul 23 2010  asset.d
-rwxrwxrwx   1 chubler      chubler        71314 Mar 18 2010  assetupload.csv
drwxrwxr-x   5 chubler      chubler          256 Oct 28 12:27 bin
drwxrwxr-x   5 chubler      chubler          256 Oct 31 2009  env
drwxrwxr-x   2 chubler      chubler        12288 Feb 07 06:55 images
-rw-r--r--   1 root         system       8492187 Jul 23 2010  test.dump


Last edited by Chubler_XL; 02-06-2011 at 05:23 PM..
# 31  
Old 02-06-2011
Hi Chubler,

Loads of thanks regarding this issue from the start... Appreciate it!!!

The script works fine. But based on your example where you say the UID root, chubler (UID column) doesn't gets displayed though when I run the script. Does it matter ? And can you run through this
Code:
BEGIN {
    while("lsuser -c -a id ALL"  | getline) {
        U[$2]=$1; UW=max(UW,length($1))}
    while("lsgroup -c -a id ALL" | getline) {
        G[$2]=$1; GW=max(GW,length($1))}
}


Thanks
Mike

Last edited by Scott; 02-06-2011 at 06:29 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 32  
Old 02-06-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by mike12
Hi Scrutinizer,

Thanks a lot for the script. It worked. But can you please run me through the script?


Thanks again,
Mike
Hi Mike, here you go:

awk -F:Use a colon as a input separator at the start of the script
'BEGIN{ In the begin section ( before stdin gets read)
while("lsuser -c -a id ALL" *pipe* getline) U[$2]=$1 read every line of the command using : as a separator and put everything in Array U with index of field 2 and a value of field 1
while("lsgroup -c -a id ALL" *pipe* getline) G[$2]=$1 Same for group array G
{sub($3" +"$4, U[$3]" "G[$4])} Reading stdin, for every line, substitute fields $3 and $4 with their lookup values containing the long names (keep the formtting of the rest of the line unchanged..)
1 print every record (line)
FS=" " change the input field separator to the default value (space separated) just before stdin gets read
S.
# 33  
Old 02-06-2011
Thanks for the explanation S.

Do I have to tweak the code little bit in the substitute field 3 and 4 to have the UID displayed? (The UID is the third column which gets removed but the long group name gets displayed Smilie )
# 34  
Old 02-06-2011
Mike, please make sure you have the latest version (I did update it after posting to fix a slight problem). If UID is still not displaying, can you give a sample of the output you are getting.

BEGIN{ In the begin section ( before stdin gets read)
while("lsuser -c -a id ALL" *pipe* getline){U[$2]=$1; UW=max(UW,length($1))}read output of lsuser command into array U with index of field 2 and value of field 1
 set UW to maximum length of username
while("lsgroup -c -a id ALL" *pipe* getline){G[$2]=$1; GW=max(GW,length($1))}Same for lsgroup and G array and GW

Last edited by Chubler_XL; 02-06-2011 at 05:56 PM..
# 35  
Old 02-06-2011
If you want the UID (the number, $3) displayed as well you can use:
Code:
{sub($3" +"$4, U[$3]" "$3" "G[$4])}

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