linux user clone

clone-user.sh

#!/bin/bash
SRC=$1
DEST=$2

SRC_GROUPS=$(id -Gn ${SRC} | sed "s/${SRC} //g" | sed "s/ ${SRC}//g" | sed "s/ /,/g")
SRC_SHELL=$(awk -F : -v name=${SRC} '(name == $1) { print $7 }' /etc/passwd)

useradd --groups ${SRC_GROUPS} --shell ${SRC_SHELL} --create-home ${DEST}
passwd ${DEST}

# make it executable: chmod +x clone-user.sh
# usage: ./clone-user src_user_name new_user_name
# source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/204970/clone-linux-user-copy-user-based-on-another-one