Check Whether a User Exists

Question

I want to create a script to check whether a user exists. I am using the logic below:

# getent passwd test > /dev/null 2&>1
# echo $?
0
# getent pa         


        

Answer 1

Script to Check whether Linux user exists or not

Script To check whether the user exists or not

#! /bin/bash
USER_NAME=bakul
cat /etc/passwd | grep ${USER_NAME} >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
    echo "User Exists"
else
    echo "User Not Found"
fi