[ILUG] Deleting Multiple Users at Once

[Cormac McClean]

> *Hi Cormac,*
> 
> What about some AWK?  ;)
> 
> It is very simple, just try that...
> 
> awk  '{print "userdel  "  $1  "-r"}'  users.txt  |  bash
> 
> ...where users.txt is the list of users you want to delete,
> one at a line, just like below:
> 
> john
> paul
> aline
> etc...
> 
> Have fun!
Thanks for that. I will include that in the list of possibilities!

I used to dabble in AWK, and then found that Perl/Python did everything 
I needed. The Sys Admin work is only a minor part of the job (sadly, in 
a way) and I find I get rusty very easily and forget what I used to 
know... I even had a perl script that used to do this, but that was 5+ 
years ago.

Thanks for all who responded with suggestions.

Regards,
Cormac.



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