vipw man page on Manjaro

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VIPW(8)			     System Administration		       VIPW(8)

NAME
       vipw, vigr - edit the password or group file

SYNOPSIS
       vipw [options]
       vigr [options]

DESCRIPTION
       vipw  edits  the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and
       does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.   If
       the  password  file is already locked for editing by another user, vipw
       will ask you to try again later.	 The default editor for vipw and  vigr
       is  vi(1).   vigr  edits the group file in the same manner as vipw does
       the passwd file.

ENVIRONMENT
       If the following environment variable exists it	will  be  utilized  by
       vipw and vigr:

       EDITOR The  editor  specified  by  the  string  EDITOR  will be invoked
	      instead of the default editor vi(1).

SEE ALSO
       passwd(1), flock(2), vi(1), passwd(5)

HISTORY
       The vipw command appeared in 4.0BSD.
       The vigr command appeared in Util-Linux 2.6.

AVAILABILITY
       The vigr and vipw commands are part of the util-linux package  and  are
       available  from	Linux  Kernel  Archive ⟨ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux
       /utils/util-linux/⟩.

util-linux			September 2011			       VIPW(8)

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