Home directories script

[GML]

I need to create a script that will list all the home directories of all currently logged on users. I have tried the following

$ cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1 "\t" $6}' | sort > user_store.txt
$ cat user_store.txt

This is supposed to save the first and sixth field in /etc/passwd (usually username and home directory) and then output it to the screen but having some problems.

Any help would be appreciated.

[bigtomrodney]

I'm not at a Linux box but you will need to cross reference this with the who command for logged on users. Try this with a for loop to get it all done. This is just off the top of my head to get you started, I'd recommend reading up some of the man pages to get your further.

for LOGIN in $(who |awk -F: '{print $1}' )
do grep $LOGIN /etc/password |awk -F: '{ print $1 \t $6 }' |tee user_store
done

I haven't included sorting, just wanted to get you started. The tee command outputs to both screen and to the named file but I like to use it as it plays better with for loops than redirection.