Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:26:07 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>, FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sed from a shell script - invalid command code Message-ID: <200312112126.07805.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20031210144058.GA81732@users.munk.nu> References: <20031210144058.GA81732@users.munk.nu>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:10, Jez Hancock wrote: > #!/bin/sh > sed=3D/usr/bin/sed > passwd_file=3D/etc/passwd > > ignore_users=3D"root|toor|daemon|operator|bin|tty|kmem|games|news|man|s= mmsp|b >ind|uucp|xten|pop|nobody|mysql|www|sshd|ftp|cyrus" > > cmd=3D"$sed -E -e '/^(#|$ignore_users)/d' -e 's/:.*//' $passwd_file" > > users=3D`cmd` I believe you want users=3D`eval $cmd` for this line > echo $users Malcolm
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