This script goes to choice.py script that deals with remote management(I use puppet now..:-) )

choiceagent.sh

#!/bin/bash


case $0 in
        *create)
        answer="chage -l $1;$?"
        if [ "$answer | awk -F';' '{ print $2 }' == 0" ]; then
        #echo "The command was sent to $HOSTNAME successfully!"
        echo "The command was sent to $HOSTNAME successfully!"
        chage -l $1
        else
        echo "The command failed to send to $HOSTNAME!"
        fi;;
        *delete) answer="removeme -r $1" ;;
esac
#echo $answer | awk -F';' '{print $1}'> thomas.test