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# 1  
Old 08-18-2011
Script issues
Code:
#!/bin/bash

glist=`cat /etc/group | cut -d ":" -f1,4`
ulist=`cat /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f1,6`

for i in $glist
do
 echo "$glist"

done

for i in $ulist
do
 echo "$ulist"

done

chkgrp=`cat /etc/group | cut -d ":" -f1`
for a in chkgrp
do
if ["$a" =="$1"]
 then
 echo "group exist"

i manged to get the script running and now i`m getting this error massage. "-bash: ./600: line 24: syntax error: unexpected end of file"

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 08-18-2011 at 05:16 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 08-18-2011
"If" condition needs to be closed with "fi". try this
Code:
if ["$a" =="$1"]
then
echo "group exist"
fi

# 3  
Old 08-18-2011
thanks but i`m still getting the same error.
# 4  
Old 08-18-2011
Put set -x in second line after #!/bin/bash and post the complete output, thanks. Use code tags, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 08-18-2011 at 05:39 AM.. Reason: typo
# 5  
Old 08-18-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by mduduzi
thanks but i`m still getting the same error.
You would need spaces left around square brackets..
Code:
if [ "$a" == "$1" ]
then
        echo "group exist"
fi

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