if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ];then read -p "enter username:" username read -s -p "enter password:" password egrep "^$username"/etc/passwd>/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0];then echo "$username exists!" exit 1 else pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARVG[0], "password")' $password) useradd -m -p "$pass" "$username" [ $/ -eq 0 ] && echo "user has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!" fi else echo "Only root may add to the system" exit 2 fi * recheck the code if this is valid syntax for account management or suggest /do another user account management shell script that runs in unix terminal and please attache the output at the end

Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2017
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if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ];then

read -p "enter username:" username

read -s -p "enter password:" password

egrep "^$username"/etc/passwd>/dev/null

if [ $? -eq 0];then

echo "$username exists!"

exit 1

else

pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARVG[0], "password")' $password)

useradd -m -p "$pass" "$username"

[ $/ -eq 0 ] && echo "user has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!"

fi

else

echo "Only root may add to the system"

exit 2

fi

* recheck the code if this is valid syntax for account management or suggest /do another user account management shell script that runs in unix terminal and please attache the output at the end  

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