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Perl setpwent Function
Description
This function Sets (or resets) the enumeration to the beginning of the set of password entries. This function should be called before the first call to getpwent.
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
setpwent
Return Value
This function does not return any value.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage −
#!/usr/bin/perl while(($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota, $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwent()) { 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 = $shell\n"; } setpwent() ; # Rewind the databse /etc/passwd while(($name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota, $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwent()) { 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"; } endpwent(); # Closes the database;
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 Name = bin Password = x UID = 1 GID = 1 Quota = Comment = Gcos = bin HOME DIR = /bin Shell = /sbin/nologin Name = daemon Password = x UID = 2 GID = 2 Quota = Comment = Gcos = daemon HOME DIR = /sbin Shell = /sbin/nologin . . . Name = qemu Password = x UID = 107 GID = 107 Quota = Comment = Gcos = qemu user HOME DIR = / Shell = /sbin/nologin Name = com Password = x UID = 501 GID = 501 Quota = Comment = Gcos = HOME DIR = /home/com Shell = /bin/bash Name = railo Password = x UID = 497 GID = 495 Quota = Comment = Gcos = HOME DIR = /opt/railo Shell = /bin/false
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