Re: Make and Edit database

Paul Jarc writes:
> Edit passwd.in however you like, and then run cdbmake when you're
> ready to update the database.  The input format is a bit hard to edit
> by hand, since you have to get the lengths right.  You may find it
> more convenient to edit a file containing lines like "b1ff:p455w0rd",
> and then use a Perl script or whatever to produce
> "+4,8:b1ff->p455w0rd" from that.  Remember that cdbmake's input must
> end with an empty line.

awk -F: '
{
  do {
    print "+" length($1) "," length($2) ":" $1 "->" $2
  } while (getline)
  print ""
}'

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