On 12/23/2014 05:19 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > >> and just for grins, try >> man awk... 2032 lines... and the example shows: > > You're complaining that awk has documentation? oh no! that just means there are lots of options, arguements..... complex command:) > >> EXAMPLES >> Print and sort the login names of all users: >> BEGIN { FS = ":" } >> { print $1 | "sort" } >> >> um, so, how does awk work there?? > > That is an example awk program. I would expect to feed it the > /etc/passwd file as input. I would usually grep password, looking for a specific name... nice to have a sorted list though. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org