Linux Common Commands

Linux Command: List All Users In The System

/etc/passwd file contains one line for each user account, with seven fields delimited by colons. This is a text file. You can easily list users using the cat command as follows:
$ cat /etc/passwd
Sample outputs:

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
....
..
...

OR use pages as follows to view /etc/passwd file:
$ more /etc/passwd
$ less /etc/passwd
Sample outputs:

Fig.01: List users using /etc/passwd

length.