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Old 04-12-2011
shell scripts - list dead users accts and include a count at the end?
I am trying to show the number of dead accts or false shells running and include a count at the end. Does anyone know how to go about this? Thanks - citizencro
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Old 04-12-2011
How do you detect a dead account, no home dir? What is a false shell running? Usually, you count with something like this in the pipeline (bash):
Code:
 . . . | tee >(
  echo "Count: $(wc -l)"
 ) . . . .

BTW, tee writes stdout first, then $1.
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Old 04-12-2011
The instructions asked for this; Write each of the following shellscripts. Be sure to include the shbang line and comments.

Name the file deadusers – shows dead accounts (false shell) and includes a count at the end.

I am lost.... Thanks for your help
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Old 04-13-2011
Well, the login shell is in /etc/passwd. Dead accounts are those whose users should be removed, I guess, but I am not sure there is any convention on how to mark them. This looks helpful: The Answer Guy 32: SysAdmin: User Administration: Disabling Accounts
 
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