#!perl
open (FILEH, "/etc/passwd");  #open the file for read
while (<FILEH>) {  #while there are still lines in FILEH...
chomp;  #clear newlines...
  if ( /root/i ) {  # if line contains "root" case insensitive`
        ($username,$id) = (split /:/)[0,2]; #pull out field one and th
+ree
        print "User: $username,  ID: $id\n";  #print junk
   }
}

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Thanks again for your help earlier. I was wondering if there was a way to have this script read each line in a file and if there is not a fourth column, do not write that line out. If there is a fourth column, then write the line out. Thanks, RCP

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