shell scripts for The file /etc/passwd contains info about all users. Write a program which would receive the logname during execution, obtain information about it from the file and display the information on screen in some appropriate format. (Hint : Use cut)

 
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echo "Enter the logname : "
read lname
uid=`grep $lname /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 3`
echo "User Id is : " $uid
gid=`grep $lname /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 4`
echo "Group Id is : " $gid
dwd=`grep $lname /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 6`
echo "Default Working Directry is : " $dwd
dws=`grep $lname /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 7`
echo "Default Working directory is : " $dws

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Enter the logname :
mca114
User Id is :  680
Group Id is :  680
Default Working Directry is :  /home/dca19
Default Working directory is :  /bin/bash
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