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Re: assigning to a hash via split

by BlueLines (Hermit)
on Feb 19, 2001 at 07:19 UTC ( [id://59336]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to assigning to a hash via split

You mayt also want to check out getpwent, which handles the iteration over the passwd(5) file and removes the need for the split (and open) in the first place.

BlueLines

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Re: Re: assigning to a hash via split
by japhy (Canon) on Feb 19, 2001 at 08:11 UTC
    Ooh, good catch. You get a ++ from me, and I offer this in reply: 
    sub buildUserHash {
  use User::pwent;
  my %users;
  while (my $obj = getpwent) { $users{$obj->name} = $obj }
  return \%users;
}

    [download]
    Now, you have a hash of User::pwent objects.

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