redirecting

magnia

"Obtain a list of users from the /etc/passwd file, sort it and then redirect it to a new file called ‘users’."

cat passwd | cut -d: -f5 | sort > users


Ok but i want to redirect it to coursework/chapter5/users

and i get an error saying no such file or directory.

anyone any ideas?

Khannie

magnia wrote:

cat passwd

This is the problem. You're saying "output the contents of the file 'passwd' ". There isn't one in the directory you're in. What you want is:

cat /etc/passwd

and redirect to is:

> coursework/chapter5/users

at the end (unless you're already in that directory of course).

magnia

yeah i am in that directory and i want to redirect to the coursework directory but cant

im here /etc

PhantomBeaker

So when you do

cat passwd | cut -d: -f5 | sort > coursework/chapter5/users

if you're in /etc, you're redirecting to /etc/coursework/chapter5/users - and I'm assuming /etc/coursework or /etc/coursework/chapter5 doesn't exist.

The problem is, you're using relative paths - they depend on the directory you're sitting in. Try using absolute ones (ones that will get you to the same place regardless of the directory you're currently in).

Hint: these pathnames start with /

Aoife