https://github.com/coderaiser/nicki
Get names of users by uids from /etc/passwd in Unix and Darwin
https://github.com/coderaiser/nicki
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Get names of users by uids from /etc/passwd in Unix and Darwin
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/coderaiser/nicki
- Owner: coderaiser
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-08-20T11:01:56.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-03-02T20:37:09.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-16T09:23:27.057Z (7 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
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- Size: 44.9 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: ChangeLog
- License: LICENSE
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Get names of users by uids from `/etc/passwd` (or from `dscl` on `darwin`).
## Install
`npm i nicki --save`
## Hot to use?
```js
const nicki = require('nicki');
const names = await nicki();
/*
* Could be something like this
{
'0': 'root',
'1': 'daemon',
'2': 'bin',
'3': 'sys',
'4': 'sync',
'5': 'games',
'6': 'man',
'7': 'lp',
'8': 'mail',
'9': 'news',
'10': 'uucp',
'13': 'proxy',
'33': 'www-data',
'34': 'backup',
'38': 'list',
'39': 'irc',
'41': 'gnats',
'100': 'libuuid',
'101': 'syslog',
'102': 'messagebus',
'103': 'landscape',
'104': 'sshd',
'105': 'colord',
'106': 'debian-deluged',
}
*/
```
## How it works?
`Nicki` parses `/etc/passwd` and makes object where key is `uid` and value is `name`.
## License
MIT