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getent:tldr:47b9d
getent: Find a username by UID.
$ getent passwd 1000
try on your machine
The command "getent passwd 1000" is used to retrieve the information of a specific user from the user database on a Linux system.
Here's how the command works:
- "getent" is a command-line utility in Linux used to obtain information from various databases including user databases.
- "passwd" specifies that we are accessing the password database, which contains user account information including username, user ID, group ID, home directory, and shell.
- "1000" is the user ID (UID) that is being queried in this case. UID 1000 is typically the first non-root user created on a Linux system.
So, when you run the command "getent passwd 1000", it will search the password database and display the entry for the user with UID 1000. The output will contain information such as the username, UID, GID, home directory, and shell associated with that user.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.