On Wednesday 02 February 2005 11:22 am, Craig White wrote: > How would I delete the lines that have a '$' in them denoting a machine > account? Use the grep invert match switch: getent passwd | awk -F: '$3 > 499 { print $1 }' | grep -v $ > users --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss