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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: data bases such as /etc/passwd
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Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 05:52:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 05:52:43 1985
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> How about:
> 
> 	grep "^key" file | awk -F: '{print $n}'

Which only works if the key field is the first field in the record - and
will also match "keywest".

Besides, the guy asked for "libraries" - i.e., he presumably wants the moral
equivalent of "getpwnam" and "getpwuid" and the like.

	Guy Harris