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# 1  
Old 07-10-2008
how to remove specific lines from a file (reprise)
Hello,

I've to change the shell in /etc/passwd for some users .
I've the list of users but I'm not able to modify the file with scripting .
I'm working on a Sol10 .

Can anyone help me ?

tnks
# 2  
Old 07-10-2008
Show us your script.
# 3  
Old 07-10-2008
Have you tried using the passwd -e option?
# 4  
Old 07-10-2008
it's a foreach cicle

Code:
foreach i {`cat list`}
sed "|$i|s|/bin/ksh|/compte_bloque|" /etc/passwd >> /etc/passwd.new
end

Last edited by radoulov; 07-10-2008 at 08:37 AM.. Reason: please use code tags
# 5  
Old 07-10-2008
Edit: I think I hit post reply too soon. Given the subject and the original requirement ... what's the problem?


Quote:
First comment:
this is [t]csh syntax - don't use csh for scripting,
see this for more.

Second: use usermod (with another shell):

Code:
while IFS= read -r; do 
  usermod -s /your/shell "$REPLY" 
done<list

If read -r raises an error, remove the -r switch.

If you cannot use usermod:

Code:
awk >/etc/passwd.new -F: 'NR == FNR { u[$1]; next }
$1 in u { $NF = "/compte_bloque" }
1' OFS=: list /etc/passwd

Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
Last edited by radoulov; 07-10-2008 at 10:05 AM..
# 6  
Old 07-10-2008
Sorry,
I don't understand awk solution . More over, I obtain an error :

awk: (FILENAME=list FNR=1) fatal: attempt to use array `u' in a scalar context

thanks for yours reply
# 7  
Old 07-10-2008
The error is strange,
could you post the entire input/ouput: commands + output?
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