[Chapter 3] 3.2.62 getpwnam
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:50:31Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.62 getpwnam

    getpwnam NAME

This function does the same thing as getpwnam(3): it translates a username to the corresponding passwd file entry. The return value in list context is:

    ($name,$passwd,$uid,$gid,$quota,$comment,$gcos,$dir,$shell)

If you want to do this repeatedly, consider caching the data in a hash (associative array) using getpwent.

In scalar context, getpwnam returns only the numeric user ID.

3.2.61 getpwent |  | 3.2.63 getpwuid