Get Group Names on Linux/Unix

Aug 22, 2017

Linux

Get information of the staff group.
```
$ getent group staff
staff:x:20:
```
Get group ID of the staff group.
```
$ getent group staff | cut -d: -f3
20
```

Mac

Get information of the staff group.
```
$ dscl . -read /Groups/staff
```
Get group ID of the staff group.
```
$ dscl . -read /Groups/staff | awk …
```