| # parse-passwd [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-passwd) [](https://npmjs.org/package/parse-passwd) [](https://travis-ci.org/doowb/parse-passwd) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/doowb/parse-passwd) |
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| > Parse a passwd file into a list of users. |
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| ## Install |
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install --save parse-passwd |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| var parse = require('parse-passwd'); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| // assuming '/etc/passwd' contains: |
| // doowb:*:123:123:Brian Woodward:/Users/doowb:/bin/bash |
| console.log(parse(fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd', 'utf8'))); |
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| //=> [ |
| //=> { |
| //=> username: 'doowb', |
| //=> password: '*', |
| //=> uid: '123', |
| //=> gid: '123', |
| //=> gecos: 'Brian Woodward', |
| //=> homedir: '/Users/doowb', |
| //=> shell: '/bin/bash' |
| //=> } |
| //=> ] |
| ``` |
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| **Params** |
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| * `content` **{String}**: Content of a passwd file to parse. |
| * `returns` **{Array}**: Array of user objects parsed from the content. |
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| ## About |
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| ### Contributing |
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). |
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| Please read the [contributing guide](contributing.md) for avice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards. |
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| ### Building docs |
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| _(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_ |
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| To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb |
| ``` |
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| ### Running tests |
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| Install dev dependencies: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -d && npm test |
| ``` |
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| ### Author |
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| **Brian Woodward** |
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| * [github/doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
| * [twitter/doowb](http://twitter.com/doowb) |
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| ### License |
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| Copyright © 2016, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb). |
| Released under the [MIT license](LICENSE). |
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| *** |
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 19, 2016._ |