When I run the command awk -F: '$3>999 {print $1}' /etc/passwd I see this:
nobody
tim
askubuntu
Why is there a user called nobody? The only 2 user accounts I have are tim and askubuntu.
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Nobody is one of system accounts – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jun 24 '15 at 11:01
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If you want to ignore that user you'd make it $3> 999 && $1~!/nobody/ – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jun 24 '15 at 11:03