Bob Proulx wrote:
> 
> The 'getent' utility is part of GNU glibc and is present on any GNU
> glibc based system but not present on others.  It won't work on HP-UX
> for example.  Certainly if you only care about GNU/Linux machines then
> you should be safe using it.  A good suggestion.

That's good to know, thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
Clive


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