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I keep forgetting this:
If you're coming across an old *nix box that you haven't used in a while and want to bring up all the users on the system, run this command:
awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd
Almost all *nix systems have awk available and /etc/passwd is the account login file (passwords themselves are usually stored /etc/shadow)
You can also just make yourself a shell script:
#!/bin/sh
awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd
exit
# End script
@cypnk
Why use awk when the cut command can do the same thing with less overhead and is just as available?
cut -d ':' -f 1 /etc/passwd
@ND3JR actually it can be golfed even more: cut -d: -f1 /etc/pas* 😆
@ND3JR Just used to it, I suppose ;)
This was part of an older script I used as a bash blogging engine