[LBo] How to let the system display number of users and groups?

[Tim Cruikshank]

On November 3, 2006 09:53, Jan wrote:
> Hello class,
>
> I don't seem to be able to solve two of the questions regarding Chapter 3.
> How to let the system display the number of users and groups defined on the
> system?
>
> I tried /etc/passwd and /etc/group, but that seems to be the wrong
> approach.
>
> Can somebody please assist me on that? I am using SUSE 10.1.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jan

This is supposed to be a learning exercise, so I'll start with just a hint. 
Try checking the manpage of cat, or cat --help.

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Tim Cruikshank <linux.debian.user at gmail.com>
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