On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 11:13 -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Craig White wrote:
> 
> > I've been trying all sorts of things...
> >
> > #cat users
> > marsha
> > 4600c-1$
> > # cat users|grep -v $
> > # cat users|grep -v '$'
> > # cat users|grep -v "$"
> > # cat users|grep -v /$
> > marsha
> > 4600c-1$
> 
> You are using the wrong slash. Use backslash.
> 
> Or use fgrep -v (or grep -F -v).
> 
> Also cat is not needed.
---
the answer was '\$'

yes - I knew that cat wasn't needed - it was just repetition that had me
using it...

i.e.

cat users
cat users|grep etc...

In fact, the final solution - in case anyone wants it...

getent passwd | awk -F: '$3 > 499 && $3 < 10000 { print $1 }' \
| grep -v '\$' > /root/scripts/users

for those that file these thingy's away for a rainy day

Thanks all

Craig

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