Want a list of users on your FreeBSD?

Words

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. "Abraham Lincoln"
Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. "Jimi Hendrix"
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category. "Adolf Hitler"
The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention."Adolf Hitler"
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. "Winston Churchill"

Want a list of users on your FreeBSD?

If you ever want a list of users on your system, use this little script:

cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1 | grep -v \#

The cut command selects portions of a file. Use ":" as the delimiting character. And we want only the first field. The grep eliminates lines with # in them, which normally appear at the start of the password file. Exercises for the interested and motivated: