diff --git a/src/DB.zig b/src/DB.zig
index bc254e7..daf362f 100644
--- a/src/DB.zig
+++ b/src/DB.zig
@@ -301,6 +301,23 @@ pub fn packCGroupNoMembers(group: PackedGroup, buf: []u8) error{BufferTooSmall}!
     };
 }
 
+const GroupMembersIter = struct {
+    it: compress.DeltaDecompressionIterator,
+};
+
+pub fn groupMembersIter(vit: *compress.varintSliceIterator) GroupMembersIter {
+    return GroupMembersIter{
+        .it = compress.deltaDecompressionIterator(vit),
+    };
+}
+
+//pub fn groupMembersIter(members_slice: []const u8) GroupMembersIter {
+//    var vit = compress.VarintSliceIteratorMust(members_slice);
+//    return GroupMembersIter{
+//        .it = compress.deltaDecompressionIterator(&vit),
+//    };
+//}
+
 // dumps PackedGroup to []u8 and returns a CGroup.
 pub fn packCGroup(self: *const DB, group: PackedGroup, buf: []u8) error{BufferTooSmall}!CGroup {
     const members_slice = self.groupmembers[group.members_offset..];
@@ -314,8 +331,14 @@ pub fn packCGroup(self: *const DB, group: PackedGroup, buf: []u8) error{BufferTo
     var buf_offset: usize = ptr_end;
 
     var it = compress.deltaDecompressionIterator(&vit);
+    var members = groupMembersIter(&vit);
+    _ = members;
+    _ = it;
+
     var i: usize = 0;
+    std.debug.print("\n", .{});
     while (it.nextMust()) |member_offset| : (i += 1) {
+        std.debug.print("got offset: {d}\n", .{member_offset});
         const entry = PackedUser.fromBytes(self.users[member_offset << 3 ..]);
         const start = buf_offset;
         const name = entry.user.name();
@@ -342,6 +365,26 @@ pub fn packCGroup(self: *const DB, group: PackedGroup, buf: []u8) error{BufferTo
     };
 }
 
+pub fn getGroupByName(self: *const DB, name: []const u8) ?PackedGroup {
+    const idx = bdz.search(self.bdz_groupname, name);
+    if (idx >= self.header.num_groups) return null;
+    const offset = self.idx_groupname2group[idx];
+    const nbits = PackedGroup.alignment_bits;
+    const group = PackedGroup.fromBytes(self.groups[offset << nbits ..]).group;
+    if (!mem.eql(u8, name, group.name())) return null;
+    return group;
+}
+
+pub fn getGroupByGid(self: *const DB, gid: u32) ?PackedGroup {
+    const idx = bdz.search_u32(self.bdz_gid, gid);
+    if (idx >= self.header.num_groups) return null;
+    const offset = self.idx_gid2group[idx];
+    const nbits = PackedGroup.alignment_bits;
+    const group = PackedGroup.fromBytes(self.groups[offset << nbits ..]).group;
+    if (gid != group.gid()) return null;
+    return group;
+}
+
 // get a CGroup entry by name.
 pub fn getgrnam(
     self: *const DB,
@@ -349,16 +392,11 @@ pub fn getgrnam(
     buf: []u8,
     omit_members: bool,
 ) error{BufferTooSmall}!?CGroup {
-    const idx = bdz.search(self.bdz_groupname, name);
-    if (idx >= self.header.num_groups) return null;
-    const offset = self.idx_groupname2group[idx];
-    const nbits = PackedGroup.alignment_bits;
-    const group = PackedGroup.fromBytes(self.groups[offset << nbits ..]).group;
-    if (!mem.eql(u8, name, group.name())) return null;
-    return if (omit_members)
-        try packCGroupNoMembers(group, buf)
+    const group = self.getGroupByName(name) orelse return null;
+    if (omit_members)
+        return try packCGroupNoMembers(group, buf)
     else
-        try self.packCGroup(group, buf);
+        return try self.packCGroup(group, buf);
 }
 
 // get a CGroup entry by it's gid.
@@ -368,16 +406,11 @@ pub fn getgrgid(
     buf: []u8,
     omit_members: bool,
 ) error{BufferTooSmall}!?CGroup {
-    const idx = bdz.search_u32(self.bdz_gid, gid);
-    if (idx >= self.header.num_groups) return null;
-    const offset = self.idx_gid2group[idx];
-    const nbits = PackedGroup.alignment_bits;
-    const group = PackedGroup.fromBytes(self.groups[offset << nbits ..]).group;
-    if (gid != group.gid()) return null;
-    return if (omit_members)
-        try packCGroupNoMembers(group, buf)
+    const group = self.getGroupByGid(gid) orelse return null;
+    if (omit_members)
+        return try packCGroupNoMembers(group, buf)
     else
-        try self.packCGroup(group, buf);
+        return try self.packCGroup(group, buf);
 }
 
 fn pushStr(str: []const u8, buf: []u8, offset: *usize) [*:0]const u8 {
diff --git a/src/compress.zig b/src/compress.zig
index efeb473..a1343ba 100644
--- a/src/compress.zig
+++ b/src/compress.zig
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub fn putUvarint(buf: []u8, x: u64) usize {
 
 // VarintSliceIterator iterates over varint-encoded slice.
 // The first element is the length of the slice, in decoded numbers.
-const varintSliceIterator = struct {
+pub const varintSliceIterator = struct {
     remaining: usize,
     arr: []const u8,
     idx: usize,
diff --git a/src/turbo-getent.zig b/src/turbo-getent.zig
index 0d32c86..6e6584b 100644
--- a/src/turbo-getent.zig
+++ b/src/turbo-getent.zig
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ fn passwd(stdout: anytype, db: *const DB, keys: []const [*:0]const u8) u8 {
 }
 
 fn passwd_all(stdout: anytype, db: *const DB) u8 {
-    var it = PackedUser.iterator(db.users, db.header.num_users, db.shellReader());
+    const shell_reader = db.shellReader();
+    var it = PackedUser.iterator(db.users, db.header.num_users, shell_reader);
     while (it.next()) |packed_user| {
         const line = packed_user.toUser(db.shellReader()).toLine();
         stdout.writeAll(line.constSlice()) catch return 3;
@@ -133,8 +134,24 @@ fn passwd_all(stdout: anytype, db: *const DB) u8 {
 fn group(stdout: anytype, db: *const DB, keys: []const [*:0]const u8) u8 {
     if (keys.len == 0)
         return group_all(stdout, db);
-
     var some_notfound = false;
+
+    for (keys) |key| {
+        const keyZ = mem.span(key);
+        const maybe_packed_group = if (fmt.parseUnsigned(u32, keyZ, 10)) |gid|
+            db.getGroupByGid(gid)
+        else |_|
+            db.getGroupByName(keyZ);
+
+        const g = maybe_packed_group orelse {
+            some_notfound = true;
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        // not converting to Group to avoid memory allocations.
+        stdout.print("{s}:x:{d}:", .{ g.name(), g.gid() }) catch return 3;
+    }
+
     return if (some_notfound) 2 else 0;
 }