Emulating ypcat passwd with ldapsearch + awk

gistfile1.txt

ldapsearch \
    -h ldap1.our.org \
    -x \
    -LLL \
    -b ou=People,dc=rcf,dc=our,dc=org \
    'objectClass=posixAccount' | \
    awk -F': ' 'BEGIN {gecos=""; uid=""; uidnum=""; gidnum=""; home=""; shell=""
;} /^uid: / {uid=$2} /^gecos: / {gecos=$2} /^uidNumber: / {uidnum=$2} /^gidNumbe
r: / {gidnum=$2} /^loginShell: / {shell=$2} /^homeDirectory: / {home=$2} {if (ui
d != "" && uidnum != "" && gidnum != "") {print uid "::" uidnum ":" gidnum ":" g
ecos ":" home ":" shell; uid=""; gecos=""; uidnum=""; gidnum=""; home=""; shell=
"";} } END { print uid "::" uidnum ":" gidnum ":" gecos ":" home ":" shell; }'

# Now go scrub your eyes with a brush.