#must be run from server with connections to all servers on which accounts will b$

#to run bash commands, you need to import them
#v3 replacement for commands
import subprocess
#regex
import re

#get username from inputer
username=input("What username do you want to create?")
print(username)

#check username availability - original thoughts - programatically incorrect
#checkavail=grep username /etc/passwd
#print(checkavail)
#       if checkavail!=""
#               print(username) is already in use
#               multiacc.py
#       else: (might be elif)
#               print(username) is available

with open('/etc/passwd', 'r') as origin_file:
    for line in origin_file:
        line = re.findall(r'(username)', line)
        if line:
           line = line[0].split(':')[0]
        print (line)
#       print (origin_file)

#suggested in chat by altendky

#with open('/etc/passwd') as f: for line in f: username = line.split(':')[0]