data bases such as /etc/passwd

[Steven List]

In article <298 at bdaemon.UUCP> carl at bdaemon.UUCP (carl) writes:
>> I am working on a program which will have a data base similar to /etc/passwd
>> or /etc/inittab.  Are there any libraries which support these type of files?
>> Specifically, I would like to be able to search for a record based on a
>> certain key, and ask for the nth field in that record.
>
>Why not:
>
>	grep key file | awk -F: 'print $n'
>
>where $n is the nth field?
>
>Cral Brandauer
 ^^^^?

How about:

	grep "^key" file | awk -F: '{print $n}'

Good advice is only good if it's accurate.
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