Check existing group in linux

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Hi all visitors
i want to write one shell script.
my purpose is i want to check existing group in system.
i dont know how to check existing group.
Please anybody help me how to check existing group in system?
Thanks

Posted 6-Oct-11 21:55pm

soeun tony

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-10-06T22:57:00

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Use cat /etc/group to list the entries in your group file, and a combination of awk and other commands to check whether a particular one exists. Look at the various man pages for further help.

Posted 6-Oct-11 22:57pm

Richard MacCutchan

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soeun tony 10-Oct-11 11:34am

Thanks for your reply
Could you tell me the sample?
let me sorry for this but i really want to know about it.
Thanks

Richard MacCutchan 10-Oct-11 12:33pm

You can find plenty of samples of awk scripts here. Similar Google searches will find you samples for other commands. Without knowing exactly what you are trying to achieve it is difficult to suggest anything more.