Shell Programming and Scripting

hi,

I am stuck in a shell script where in i need to extract the specific users from \etc\passwd file. Once this is done, i need to assign Roles to these users which are different for different users. What could be the optimum solution. If i hard code the Roles values in a text file, how would i ensure that my script picks up the right Roles corresponding to the values as obtained from \etc\passwd file. Any Idea. If yes, please provide a demo script. That would be of great help. Thanks !

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ZB