Using the attached file as a "database" of users, develop an application that reads the users.txt file, and adds each one as a new user. Eac
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Using the attached file as a "database" of users, develop an application that reads the users.txt file, and adds each one as a new user. Eac
Using the attached file as a "database" of users, develop an application that reads the users.txt file, and adds each one as a new user. Each user must also have a password, though in the interest of brevity, they may all be assigned the same one. Provide me the source code and a copy of your system's /etc/passwd file.
accounts.txt includes 1. Pittman,Mckenzie,Sales
2. Donovan,Moriah,Accounting
3. Barnes,Gabriel,Sales
4. Monroe,Maximillian,Management
5. Maynard,Sylvia,Management
6. Mayer,Elise,Accounting
7. Reeves,Stephen,Production
8. Oneill,Sean,Sales
9. Jackson,Hanna,Management
10. Lee,Alani,Production
11. Golden,Ibrahim,Production
12. Tyrese,Todd,Production
Note: it is perfectly acceptable to "leverage" code from another source provided: 1) you understand what the example code is doing, and 2) you write it yourself. Remember to give attribution to any code you use that you didn't write.
Last edited by abdy.r.khalafi@gmail.com; 11-08-2019 at 07:56 AM.
Using the attached file as a "database" of users, develop an application that reads the users.txt file, and adds each one as a new user. Each user must also have a password, though in the interest of brevity, they may all be assigned the same one. Provide me the source code and a copy of your system's /etc/passwd file.
Does the bash guide includes text processing? You will need tools like awk, sed, cut to process the account.txt file.
On RHEL/Centos, there is a newusers command, which may simplify the task (or not). Not sure if other distros have it.
errm
Code:
while IFS=${IFS/#/,} read anumber surname forename department
do
printf "%s %s's department is %s in uppercase for fun\n" \
${forename} \
${surname} \
${department^^}
done < account.txt
now, grep could be used to check username does not already exist
if so, tag ${surname:0:1} on the end
but it could be done without grep
upper lower case may need to be accounted for , I seem to remember having to patch things to get uppercase support, but that was years ago.
Ok...how much credit do we get for doing your homework for you?
Read the LQ Rules about such things. Post reported.
Well he mentioned ---> Note: it is perfectly acceptable to "leverage" code from another source provided: 1) you understand what the example code is doing, and 2) you write it yourself. Remember to give attribution to any code you use that you didn't write.
Well he mentioned ---> Note: it is perfectly acceptable to "leverage" code from another source provided: 1) you understand what the example code is doing, and 2) you write it yourself. Remember to give attribution to any code you use that you didn't write.
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You have not shown us what you've tried or discussed where you have confusion, you've just posted the assignment and it appears to be verbatim.
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Well he mentioned ---> Note: it is perfectly acceptable to "leverage" code from another source provided: 1) you understand what the example code is doing, and 2) you write it yourself. Remember to give attribution to any code you use that you didn't write.
Great! So then show us **YOUR EFFORTS**. We don't have to learn this assignment, you do.
What have you done/tried/researched in order to do this? Because as of now, you posted your homework question, and seem to be expecting us to just answer it for you.
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