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PERL getgrnam Function
Syntax
Definition and Usage
Looks up the group file entry by group name. Returns the following in a list context:
($name, $passwd, $gid, $members)
The $members scalar contains a space-separated list of the login names that are
members of the group. Returns the group name in a scalar context. For a more efficient
method of retrieving the entire groups file, see getgrent. Under Windows, consider
using the Win32API::Net module.
Return Value
In scalr context it returns Group name.
In list context (Name, Password, Group ID, and member list.
Example
Try following example:
#!/usr/bin/perl
while( ($name,$passwd,$gid,$members) = getgrent() ){
($name,$passwd,$gid,$members) = getgrnam $name;
print "Name = $name\n";
print "Password = $passwd\n";
print "GID = $gid\n";
print "Members = $members\n";
}
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