Parse a passwd file into a list of users.

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save parse-passwd

var parse = require('parse-passwd');

Example

// assuming '/etc/passwd' contains:
// doowb:*:123:123:Brian Woodward:/Users/doowb:/bin/bash
console.log(parse(fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd', 'utf8')));

//=> [
//=>   {
//=>     username: 'doowb',
//=>     password: '*',
//=>     uid: '123',
//=>     gid: '123',
//=>     gecos: 'Brian Woodward',
//=>     homedir: '/Users/doowb',
//=>     shell: '/bin/bash'
//=>   }
//=> ]

Params

• content {String}: Content of a passwd file to parse.
• returns {Array}: Array of user objects parsed from the content.

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

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$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

Copyright © 2016, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT license.

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