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# 1  
Old 10-04-2001
Question combine 2 lines (command & echo)

does anyone know how to combine 2 lines? this is what im playing around with.

(filename: online, user name: prml0001, real name: primal)
Code:
#!/bin/sh
who | grep $1 > /dev/null

if [ $? = "0" ]
then     
   grep $1 /etc/passwd | cut -f 5, -d :
   echo is logged on
   exit 0
else 
   grep $1 /etc/passwd | cut -f 5, -d :
   echo is not logged on
   exit 0
fi

execute:
$ online prml0001

output:
primal
is logged on

is there anyway to get "primal" & "is logged on" on the same line?

thanks!
-primal

added code tags for readability --oombera

Last edited by oombera; 02-20-2004 at 10:32 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-04-2001
save the output of the "grep" command into
a variable and place that variable in the
echo statement.
# 3  
Old 10-05-2001
how would i go about doing that?

Code:
   grep $1 /etc/passwd | cut -f 5, -d : > $user
   echo $user is logged on

or

Code:
   grep $1 /etc/passwd | cut -f 5, -d : = $user

or something different?
# 4  
Old 10-05-2001
try this:

Code:
 user=`grep $1 /etc/passwd|cut -f 5 -d:`
echo $user

# 5  
Old 10-05-2001
this is what i got:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
who | grep $1 > /dev/null

if [ $? = "0" ]
then
   user=`grep $1 /etc/passwd|cut -f 5 -d:`
   echo $user is logged on
   exit 0
else
   grep $1 /etc/passwd | cut -f 5, -d :
   echo is not logged on
   exit 0
fi

when i run the shell script nothing happens, i just get the prompt again. any ideas?
thanks for all the help ppl!
-primal

added code tags for readability --oombera

Last edited by oombera; 02-20-2004 at 10:32 AM..
# 6  
Old 10-05-2001
Hmm, the above seems to work for me...

Here's how I personally would do it (I'm not trying to do it all for you, I just think that there's so many ways to do it - this may give you a few new ideas to tackle your own script):
Code:
#!/bin/sh
use_msg () {
echo "Usage:  `basename $0` [name]"
}

if [ "$#" -ne "1" ] ; then
        use_msg
        exit 2
fi
name_t=`grep ^${1} /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f5 | cut -d, -f1`
if [ "$name_t" = "" ] ; then
        name="$1"
else
        name="$name_t"
fi
who | grep $1 >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ "$?" = "0" ] ; then
        logg=""
else
        logg="not "
fi
echo "${name} is ${logg}logged in"

Did you catch what happened with the "logg" variable? It's important to have a space after "not", to seperate the words. Also, this script does not check to see if that username even exists... it will simply say that the user is not logged in, since there is no GECOS data...
One more thing: I added another cut statement, because my GECOS info is comma delimited - the way the script was before, I was seeing the entire field, not just that name.

Hope this gives you a few ideas...
# 7  
Old 10-05-2001
my code worked for you? hmm it wouldnt have anything to do with me being on an AIX system would it?

thanks for the code... just not clear on what all of it means lol
ill look over the code you gave me, but if anyone else has any ideas, i wouldnt mind seeing them.

thanks!
-primal
 
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