For example: Group workers have 2 users: john and jony . What command do I have to use to list the members of group workers ?
These commands don't serve my purpose: compgen -u , compgen -g, cut -d ":" -f 1 /etc/passwd
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2Does `groups
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yes its working :) Thank you so much :) :) :) Post it as an answer :) – jabi Oct 25 '17 at 21:28
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I thought OP meant all users a particular group @Terrance? – George Udosen Oct 25 '17 at 21:30
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@George Yes, you are correct. – Terrance Oct 25 '17 at 21:33
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Related: https://askubuntu.com/questions/136788/how-do-i-list-the-members-of-a-group – Terrance Oct 25 '17 at 21:33
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@jabi in addition to Terrance link this could be helpful too `grep -iE "^adm" /etc/group | cut -d":" -f4-` – George Udosen Oct 25 '17 at 21:42
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Several options are available:
getent group <group_name> | cut -d":" -f4-
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grep -iE "^adm" /etc/group | cut -d":" -f4-
Note you have to add the group name where I have "^adm, this will present members of that group.
See: man getent
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If you know the (full) group name, then you can give it as a key to `getent` directly (avoiding the call to `grep`) e.g. `getent group workers` – steeldriver Oct 26 '17 at 02:20