pwcat: add password database dump utility#63
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As oech3 had mentioned in the other PR, we would really prefer not to use libc directly if we can help it. I can't see these functions implemented in either nix or rustix, so maybe we could add a safe API boundary in uucore and reuse it here? Mentioning this since we plan to reuse a lot of functionality from uucore in the interpreter directly.
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Add a `pwcat` binary that prints the password database in `/etc/passwd` format for gawk library routines, matching the helper shipped with GNU awk. Includes integration tests that validate the seven-field output format and compare against `getent passwd`. Closes uutils#61
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Add a
pwcatbinary that prints the password database in/etc/passwdformat for gawk library routines, matching the helper shipped with GNU awk.Includes integration tests that validate the seven-field output format and compare against
getent passwd.Closes #61