2. Parse Columns

solutions/2-parse-columns.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+PASSWD_FILE="/etc/passwd"
+SEARCH_USER=$1
+
+while read -r ROW || [ -n "$ROW" ];
+do  
+    USER=$(echo $ROW | awk -F: '{ print $1 }')
+
+    if [[ $USER == $SEARCH_USER ]]
+    then
+        HOME_DIR=$(echo $ROW | awk -F: '{ print $6 }')
+        echo "Home directory: $HOME_DIR"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+done < $PASSWD_FILE
+
+echo "User \"$SEARCH_USER\" not found"
+exit 1
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