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Using the BASH for and while loops (Textbook question 13.19 page 403) Write a script that checks each minute and reports on who logs in

Using the BASH for and while loops (Textbook question 13.19 page 403)

Write a script that checks each minute and reports on who logs in and who logs out.

You can follow the steps below (not the only way):

  1. Using the commands who and cut, extract the list of usernames currently logged in the system
  2. To check after a minute, the sleep command can be used: sleep 60
  3. Get the new list of users logged in after a minute
  4. For each user in the list;
    1. check if he is in the second list using if and grep. You can dump the output of grep to /dev/null when using it in the as a test for the if statement
    2. If the user is not in the second list, print that the user has logged out
  5. For each user in the second list,
    1. If he is in the first list, print that the user has logged in
  6. Rename the second list as the first list
  7. Repeat the process from step 2

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