Awk scripting Question

[Smith, Albert]

How about this:

for x in `cat /tmp/users`
	do
		grep $x /etc/passwd|cut -d":" -f6 >>/tmp/home_dir
	done


Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
 

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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Simran H.
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:01 PM
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> Subject: Awk scripting Question
> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> I am trying to do some cleanup work on one of my linux 
> systems and am having problems with a script that I am 
> writing.. Hopefully someone here can help me out:
> 
> ls /home_nfs >> /tmp/users
> foreach user(`cat /tmp/users`)
>         (echo `grep '/$user:' /home/Home_Script/passwd` | awk 
> -F : '{print $6}' | awk -F / '{print "/"$2"/"$3}' >> 
> /tmp/home_dir) end
> 
> It looks like the script is failing at the echo `grep '/$user:'
> /home/Home_Script/passwd` part.. Anyone know what I am doing wrong.
> 
> What I am trying to achieve is this:
> 
> I have a file /tmp/users with all usernames and I want to 
> grep for those users names in /etc/passwd and create another 
> directory with just the home dir entries.
> 
> Any help would be grately appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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