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 #passwd
 
-> passwd is a tool on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password.
+> passwd is a tool used to change a user's password.
 
-* Change your password. ( You may need to use **sudo** ). The {{options}} flag can use -a, -d, -e, -h, -S, -i, -k, -l, -m , -q, -r, -u, -v, -x  as arguments.
+* Change the password of the current user
 
-`passwd {{options}} {{new password}}`
+`passwd {{new password}}`
 
+* Change the password of the specified user
 
-* Gives the current statuts of the user. The status information consists of 7 fields, sutch as the password status, the username, the date, the age etc...   
+`passwd {{username}} {{new password}}`
+
+* Get the current statuts of the user
 
 `passwd -S`
 
-* Make the password of the account blank ( It will set the named account passwordless. )
+* Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless)
 
 `passwd -d`
-
-* Change the password of the specified user.
-
-`passwd {{username}} {{new password}}`