Re: [cobalt-users] Lite user name

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"shimi" <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For the record, try ls -nl ( and cat /etc/passwd | grep :firstnumber: )
>
> You're still correct, though. I'm just suggesting a way :)

shimi, you're right - and that's the kind of workaround I was calling
"difficult".  There's probably even a shell script that will combine info
from the passwd file and ls and put it back together with the full username,
but I'd rather just limit mine to 8 characters and save myself the trouble.
;-)

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