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Old 03-09-2007
Variable for User Comment
SCO 5.06

Is there a variable that holds a user's comment?
In scoadmin -account, there's a comment field which we normally
populate with the user's name.

Or ... am I better off greping /etc/passwd?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 03-09-2007
I have never seen a variable like that. But try awk rather than grep:
awk -F: '$1 == "'$USER'" { print $5}' < /etc/passwd

Cut and paste to be you get the quoting right.
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Old 03-09-2007
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Originally Posted by Perderabo
I have never seen a variable like that. But try awk rather than grep:
awk -F: '$1 == "'$USER'" { print $5}' < /etc/passwd

Cut and paste to be you get the quoting right.

I kinda thought that too, but I gave it a shot ... Smilie

Thanks Perderabo ... that works beautifully.
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