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    This was exactly what I was after. My script is now completed - thanks. Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 13:28
  • Well, this needs to create a sub process. My proposal works in the shell and does not need a sub-process. Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 13:33
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    @schily no need for a script wrapper round awk, if you really wanted you could make it an alias... Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 13:34
  • /<username>/ matches on whole records that match the <username> extended regexp. So for instance, j.doe would match on a record that has b.judoer in the user field or j7doe in the password hash field. Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 19:29
  • It's just a placeholder to show sheet to put the username Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 19:32