getent 从系统数据库查看信息

-bash-3.2$ getent --help
Usage: getent [OPTION...] database [key ...]
Get entries from administrative database.

  -s, --service=CONFIG       Service configuration to be used
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.

Supported databases （支持的数据库）:
ahosts ahostsv4 ahostsv6 aliases ethers group hosts netgroup networks
passwd protocols rpc services shadow

比如查看某用户是否存在. 假设用户为appUser

if getent passwd appUser > /dev/null 2>&1

then

    echo "Yes, the user appUser exists"

else

    echo "No, the user appUser does not exist. please create it"

    echo "appUser:x:319:250::/home/appUser:/usr/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd
    mkdir -p /home/appUser
    chown -R appUser:${appGroup} /home/appUser

fi