parse-passwd 
Parse a passwd file into a list of users.
Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save parse-passwd
Usage
var parse = require('parse-passwd');
API
Example
// assuming '/etc/passwd' contains:
// doowb:*:123:123:Brian Woodward:/Users/doowb:/bin/bash
console.log(parse(fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd', 'utf8')));
//=> [
//=> {
//=> username: 'doowb',
//=> password: '*',
//=> uid: '123',
//=> gid: '123',
//=> gecos: 'Brian Woodward',
//=> homedir: '/Users/doowb',
//=> shell: '/bin/bash'
//=> }
//=> ]
Params
content {String}: Content of a passwd file to parse.returns {Array}: Array of user objects parsed from the content.
About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Please read the contributing guide for avice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.
Building docs
(This document was generated by verb-generate-readme (a verb generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in .verb.md.)
To generate the readme and API documentation with verb:
$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
Running tests
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Author
Brian Woodward
License
Copyright © 2016, Brian Woodward.
Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.2.0, on October 19, 2016.
