Simple 'ldapsearch' bash wrapper for searching user info in LDAP/AD

ldapist.sh

#!/bin/bash

# LDAP-server 
host="ldap.example.org"
# User for auth
user="CN=YourUser,CN=Users,DC=ldap,DC=example,DC=org"
# Password of User
pass="YourPass"
# LDAP base name 
base_name="OU=WhereToSearch,DC=ldap,DC=example,DC=org"
# User attributes to show 
user_attrs="dn cn title telephoneNumber givenName distinguishedName displayName department company mail memberOf"

function print_help {
	echo "Usage:"
	echo "./$(basename $0) search <nickname>"
	echo "./$(basename $0) info <nickname>"
	echo "./$(basename $0) members <base_name>"
}

function search_nickname {
	
	if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
		nickname=$1
		found=$(ldapsearch -h $host  -D $user -w $pass -b $base_name "(mailNickname=*)" mailNickname | grep $nickname | sed 's/mailNickname: //g')
		test -z "$found" && echo "Not found" || echo $found
	else 
		print_help
	fi
}

function get_info {
	if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
		nickname=$1
		info=$(ldapsearch -h $host -D $user -w $pass -b $base_name "(mailNickname=$nickname)" -o ldif-wrap=no -LLL $user_attrs | \
		perl -MEncode -MMIME::Base64 -lpe 'if (/::/) { ($attr,$_)=split ; Encode::from_to($_=decode_base64($_),"utf8","utf8") ; $_="$attr : $_" }')
		if [ "$info" ]; then
		    echo "$info"
		else
		    echo "Not found"
		    exit 1
		fi
	else 
		print_help
	fi
}

function get_members {
	if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
		search_path="$1"
		ldapsearch -h $host -D $user -w $pass -b "$search_path" -o ldif-wrap=no -LLL member | \
		perl -MEncode -MMIME::Base64 -lpe 'if (/::/) { ($attr,$_)=split ; Encode::from_to($_=decode_base64($_),"utf8","utf8") ; $_="$attr : $_" }' | \
		grep -e '^dn' -e '^member' | \
		grep -o -e '[а-яА-Я].*' | \
		sort | uniq
	else 
		print_help
	fi
}

case $1 in 
	search)
		search_nickname $2
		;;
	info)
		get_info $2
		;;
	members)
		get_members "$2"
		;;
	*)
		print_help
		;;
esac

Examples:
search for user by nickname

    $ ./ldapist.sh search approximate
    approximatenumber

get user attributes

    $ ./ldapist.sh info approximatenumber
    dn:: : CN=Melnikov Maksim Alekseevich,OU=Some Dept,DC=Example,DC=org
    cn:: : Melnikov Maksim Alekseevich
    title:: somebody
    telephoneNumber: 666
    .......

get members of a group

    $ ./ldapist.sh members "OU=Some Dept,DC=Example,DC=org"
    member:: : CN=Melnikov Maksim Alekseevich,OU=Some Dept,DC=Example,DC=org
    .........