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Perl getpwnam Function
Description
This function returns a list of fields In list context, as extracted from the /etc/passwd file, based on the user name specified by EXPR. It's generally used like this −
($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota, $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwnam ($user);
In a scalar context, returns the numeric user ID. If you are trying to access the whole /etc/passwd file, you should use the getpwent function. If you want to access the details by user ID, use getpwuid.
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
getpwnam EXPR
Return Value
This function returns user ID in scalar context and user record (name, password, user ID, group ID, quote, comment, real name, home directory, shell) in list context.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage −
#!/usr/bin/perl
($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota, $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwnam("root");
print "Name = $name\n";
print "Password = $passwd\n";
print "UID = $uid\n";
print "GID = $gid\n";
print "Quota = $quota\n";
print "Comment = $comment\n";
print "Gcos = $gcos\n";
print "HOME DIR = $dir\n";
print "Shell = $shell\n";
When above code is executed, it produces the following result −
Name = root Password = x UID = 0 GID = 0 Quota = Comment = Gcos = root HOME DIR = /root Shell = /bin/bash