Group Functions

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See also user functions.

Usage

groupID groupName

Convert a group name to a group ID

Writes to standard output

Integer. One line for each group name passed as an argument.

Arguments

• groupName - String. Required. Group name to convert to a group ID

Return codes

• 0 - All groups were found in the database and IDs were output successfully
• 1 - Any group is not found in the database.
• 2 - Argument errors (blank argument)

Requires

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