Carel Fellinger wrote: > Or look through /etc/passwd. > > $ grep carel /etc/passwd > carel:x:1001:1001:Carel Fellinger,,,:/home/carel:/bin/bash
Or for variety (and a saving of milliseconds) do it this way: $ getent passwd jbr jbr:x:1013:1013:Justin B Rye,,,:/home/jbr:/bin/bash I love these obscure utilities - that one comes with libc6. -- Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd