gid-by-name
This package provides a utility function for retrieving a group's GID by its name. You can also install it globally to make it available as a command.
Install
# With yarn (locally) yarn add gid-by-name; # With yarn (globally) yarn global add gid-by-name; # With npm (locally) npm install gid-by-name; # With npm (globally) npm install -g gid-by-name;
Usage
The module returns a single function that accepts a group name. It returns the GID if the group exists or undefined otherwise.
With TypeScript / ES modules:
; console.loggetGidByName"some-group";
With CommonJS:
var getGidbyName = ; console;
CLI usage
Once installed globally, the CLI tool accepts any number of group names as parameters and prints out the GID for each one in a new line. If a group does not exist, an empty line is printed.
gid-by-name some-group some-other-group;