Cut command?

stealth13 · 02-10-2011, 10:29 PM

How do i output my username-home directory-shell to a file /tmp/cut.example

for example?

grail · 02-10-2011, 11:10 PM

Well I am guessing this will depend on where you are getting the data from.
If it is the passwd file the delimiter is a colon (

and if you check out the man page for cut it will tell you how to get the particular fields

stealth13 · 02-10-2011, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grail

Well I am guessing this will depend on where you are getting the data from.
If it is the passwd file the delimiter is a colon (

and if you check out the man page for cut it will tell you how to get the particular fields

getting the data from home directory.

grail · 02-10-2011, 11:45 PM

In that case show us the format of file in your home directory if you need further help?
As I said, the man page is pretty straight forward for this type of task.