Re: OT: Which tool, and how, to get partial string from file?

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:46:52PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Maybe I'm asking the wrong question.
> 
> Here's a new question.
> 
> How can I test to see if the word "tuber" is in the /etc/passwd file, 
> reliably, and take an action if it is, and take a different action if 
> it's not, in a bash shell script?

if grep -q '\<tuber\>' /etc/passwd
then
   echo 'NOOOOOO! THERE ARE POTATOES IN MY PASSWORD! ABORT! ABORT!' | mail root
else
   echo "foo. Foo? passwords are clean..." | mail root
fi

# The \< \> are to match a whole word only