Passwd --stdin pipe

[glenn]

#!/bin/sh

# This script takes a list of user IDs (first column)
# and passwords (second column), and creates user
# accounts on the Linux server.

for i in $(awk '{print$1}' students)
do
useradd $i
grep $i students |awk '{print$2}'| passwd --stdin $i
done

###### That's it! ########