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From: mikej@cpmain.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Finding the user name via the shell
Keywords: shell variables
Message-ID: <339@cpmain.UUCP>
Date: 3 Dec 88 19:28:44 GMT
References: <6323@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <249@tfli.UUCP>
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In article <249@tfli.UUCP>, mikej@tfli.UUCP (Thats me...) writes:
> 
> REALNAME=`grep "^$LOGNAME:" /etc/password|cut -d: -f5`

CORRECTION:                   /etc/passwd




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