> In fact, the final solution - in case anyone wants it...
>
> getent passwd | awk -F: '$3 > 499 && $3 < 10000 { print $1 }' \
> | grep -v '\$' > /root/scripts/users

By the way, awk can check for the dollar sign also.

Something like  ... && $1 !~ /\$/

 Jeremy C. Reed

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