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From: "Brent Bailey" <mrb@bmyster.com>
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i need to write a for-loop that will read the 1st line in a aliase file
and grep a passwd file for that user...if that user doesnt exsist in the
passwd file go the 2nd line and grep the passwd file for that user ...and
so on

anyone have any suggestions ?
-- 
Brent Bailey