Create home folders for existing Linux users

create_home_folders.sh

#grab regular users with user id above 500 from /etc/passwd
awk -F: '$3 > 499' /etc/passwd > uid500+.txt

#extract username, create home directory, and apply home directory to user
for users in `awk -F: '{print $1}' uid500+.txt`
do
    mkdir /home/$users
    usermod -d /home/$users $users
    chown $users:$users /home/$users
done