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You can see the current status of the #Linux user password as follows:

passwd -S {user}
chage -l {user}
# replace `vivek` with your UID
passwd -s vivek
passwd -l vivek

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/ and https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcshadow-file/ for more info.