use Shell qw(echo);

sub copyUserDataToFile
{
    #-----------------------------------------------------------------            
    my $UserPass = "";
    my $UserFile = "$UserPath/passwd";
    if ( -e $UserFile ) {
        open FILE, "< $UserFile", or die "ERRoR: $!";
        $UserPass = <FILE>;
        close FILE;
    }
    #-----------------------------------------------------------------            
    echo "$UserPass >> $backupPasswdFile";
}