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:

import getGidbyName from "gid-by-name";
 
console.log(getGidByName("some-group"));

With CommonJS:

var getGidbyName = require("gid-by-name");
 
console.log(getGidByName("some-group"));

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;

License

MIT