Getent

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getent is a unix command that helps a user get entry in a number of important text files called databases. The databases it searches in are: passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols, or networks

The general syntax is:

getent database [key ...]

Thorsten Kukuk wrote the getent utility for the GNU C library

External links

[link] The program's manpage

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