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35 .Nd displays group information
43 utility retrieves the group information from the system.
46 utility is only available if built with
52 The following command line options are recognised:
55 Return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the
56 group does not exist, on the system.
57 No information is displayed.
58 This form of the command is useful for
59 scripts which need to check whether a particular group
60 name or gid is already in use on the system.
62 Perform any actions in a verbose manner.
67 argument may either be a group's name, or a gid.
69 .Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
70 .It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
80 utility first appeared in
84 package by the same author.
88 utility was written by
89 .An Alistair G. Crooks