#!/usr/bin/perl -w ####################################### #you need to create a file called # #users.csv in the same dir as # #you run the script in. # # no strict 'vars' isn't that a good # #idea to use. # ####################################### use strict; no strict 'vars'; $userfile = "users.csv"; $yourhost = "\@yourdomain.??"; main(); sub main { create(); my $input = input(); print "You are looking for $input\n"; match(); exit; } sub match { open FILE, "<$userfile" or die "Can't read $userfile; $! \n"; my ( $name, $uid, $dir ); my $found; search: while () { chop; ( $name, $uid, $dir) = split( /:/, $_ ); if ($name eq $youare) { $found = $.; print "Located person: $youare on line $found\n\n"; print "Person: $youare\n"; print "UID: $uid\n"; print "Homedir: $dir\n"; print "Email: $name$yourhost\n"; } } exit; } sub input { print "Enter username to look for\n"; $youare = ; chomp $youare; return $youare; } sub create { if ((-M $userfile > 3) or (-z $userfile)) { while (($name, undef, $uid, undef, undef, undef, undef, $dir,) = getpwent) { open USERDATA, ">>$userfile" or die "Can't open $userfile for Appending: $!\n"; my $record = join( ":", $name, $uid, $dir ); print(USERDATA "$record\n") or die "Error writing to $userfile: $!\n"; } } }