#!/bin/bash cut -f1 -d":" /etc/passwd | sort -n | uniq -c | while read x ; do [ -z "$x" ] && break set - $x if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then uids=$(awk -F: '($1 == n) { print $3 }' n=$2 /etc/passwd | xargs) echo "Duplicate User Name ($2): $uids" fi done