1: #!/bin/sh 2: # Find an entry in the password file 3: pwent=`grep '^root:' /etc/passwd` 4: # Turn off globbing - passwd lines often contain '*' 5: set -o noglob 6: # The "full name" and other comments are in 7: # field 5, colon delimited. Get this field using shell word splitting 8: OIFS=$IFS; IFS=: ; set $pwent; IFS=$OIFS 9: echo $5
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