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I have a script.

I want to get all my regular users from /etc/shadow e.g all users which second term in shadow file begins with $ or !$.

My pattern is

sudo getent shadow | awk -F: '$2 ~ /^$/ || /^!$/ {print $1}'

It doesn't work for now.

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2 Years ago

answered 2 Years ago irripri · Accepted Answer

You need to escape the $, as it is a special char for "End of Line" much like ^ is "Beginning of Line".

sudo getent shadow | awk -F: '$2 ~ /^$/ || $2 ~  /^!$/ {print $1}'