A systems administrator wants to list all local account names and their respective UIDs. Which of the following commands will provide output containing this information?

The correct answer is C. cut -d: -f1,3 /etc/passwd. The /etc/passwd file contains user account information, where each line includes fields separated by colons. To list all user accounts and their UIDs, use cut -d: -f1,3 /etc/passwd. This cuts the first field (username) and the third field (UID) from each line.

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Acut -c: -f3,1 /etc/passwd
Bcut -d: -s2,5 /etc/passwd
Ccut -d: -f1,3 /etc/passwd
Dcut -n: -f1,2 /etc/passwd

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The /etc/passwd file contains user account information, where each line includes fields separated by colons. To list all user accounts and their UIDs, use cut -d: -f1,3 /etc/passwd. This cuts the first field (username) and the third field (UID) from each line.

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#Linux commands#File manipulation#/etc/passwd#User management

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