On Jan 22, 2008 9:24 PM, Tom Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 5:49 PM, Vahid Moghaddasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have the following > > subroutine to sort unique a UNIX password file based on UID and > > username. > > Doesn't your password file already have unique usernames and unique UIDs?
No. 20,000 users after three merger. > > > But the problem is that some of the users get disappeared > > the output password file. I couldn't figure out the pattern of user > > disappearance but always the same few users are filtering. > > Why aren't you telling us which ones they are? It would help if you > supplied some sample data that shows the problem you're having. > # egrep "^bin:|^adm:|^daemon:|^root:|^rpm:" /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:Linux root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:Linux bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin daemon:x:2:2:Linux daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin rpm:x:37:37:Linux :/var/lib/rpm:/sbin/nologin daemon is missing. # grep daemon passwd.all daemon:x:2:2:Linux daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin daemon:x:1:1:System account #8545740:/: but both get filtered out. > From the look of your code, the output should be missing some whose > UID or username are duplicates; are those the ones you can't find? Why should be abything missing? I meant the code to keep the first copy of the duplicate and throw any identical after that. For example, if there are three "root" with UID "0" just keep the first and discard the other two. Thanks. > > Cheers! > > --Tom Phoenix > Stonehenge Perl Training > -- This e-mail address is not monitored so please do not send me anything important here. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
