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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-09-26 09:46:35 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-09-26 09:46:35 +0000
commitbbab62fd272c6ae29f4f46dce81cc10d33c9ffea (patch)
tree357ecbb569348d9652000cf18d53a8101fc88678 /src
parent5f65d05616fa46fa892c4ee550c6f4df2f4d0b03 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-bbab62fd272c6ae29f4f46dce81cc10d33c9ffea.tar.xz
* src/groups.sh: When invoked with 0 or 1 argument, just exec "id".
Rewrite to avoid using temporary, $status.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/groups.sh27
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/groups.sh b/src/groups.sh
index dc64d12f1..43395d710 100755
--- a/src/groups.sh
+++ b/src/groups.sh
@@ -53,18 +53,17 @@ case $# in
* ) ;;
esac
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
- id -Gn
- fail=$?
-else
- for name in "$@"; do
- groups=`id -Gn -- $name`
- status=$?
- if test $status = 0; then
- echo $name : $groups || fail=1
- else
- fail=$status
- fi
- done
-fi
+# With fewer than two arguments, simply exec "id".
+case $# in
+ 0|1) exec id -Gn "$@" ;;
+esac
+
+# With more, we need a loop, and be sure to exit nonzero upon failure.
+for name in "$@"; do
+ if groups=`id -Gn -- $name`; then
+ echo $name : $groups || fail=1
+ else
+ fail=1
+ fi
+done
exit $fail