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# 1  
Old 07-19-2011
Printing the lines using search patterns
Hi all ,

i need an help here.!!!! i have a file that contains /etc/passwd files from some servers.

Quote:
server1
51144:x:1051:401:morris:/export/home/51144:/bin/ksh
51238:x:1051:401:Bryan:/export/home/51238:/bin/ksh
......goes on

server2
51144:x:1051:401:morris:/export/home/51144:/bin/ksh
51238:x:1051:401:Bryan:/export/home/51238:/bin/ksh
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/root:/bin/bash
i need a script which search for presence of a user in the servers.
like if i give 51144 to the script. the should be o/p

Quote:
user:51144
server1
server2
...
...
Please help on this.....
# 2  
Old 07-19-2011
Code:
awk -v FS=":" -v USER="51144" '
BEGIN { print "user:" USER; }
{
        if(NF < 2)              TITLE=$1
        else if($1 == USER)     print TITLE;
}' < data

# 3  
Old 07-20-2011
Or try..
Code:
awk '/51144/{print $1}' RS= inputfile

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# 4  
Old 07-20-2011
thanks for ur reply Corona688 and michaelrozar17, but i really didnt get what i expected .
ok may be, i will explain little further . i have file thats look like below

Quote:
server1
root:x:0:1:root-/:/sbin/sh
smtp:x:0:0:Mail Daemon User:/:/dev/null
daemon:x:1:1::/:/dev/null
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:/dev/null
sys:x:3:3::/:
............
continues..........

server2
root:x:0:1:root-
/:/sbin/shadm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:/dev/null
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:/dev/null
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/dev/null
smmsp:x:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:/bin/false
.......................
.....................

server3
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/dev/null
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:/dev/null
like that there are nearly 100 servers , i just want to print the user and the servers where account exists.
Quote:
for eg;
user is root then o/p should be

User:root
server1
server2

if user is nuucp o/p should be

user:nuucp
server2
server3
# 5  
Old 07-20-2011
Something like this..?
Code:
 awk -v usr="root" 'BEGIN{print "User:" usr} $0 ~ usr {print $1}' RS= inputfile

 
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