NAME
ypmatch - print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map
SYNOPSIS
ypmatch
[ -kt ] [ -d domain ] key ...
mapname
ypmatch -x
DESCRIPTION
ypmatch prints the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname.
OPTIONS
-d domain
Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(8).
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-k |
Display map keys. This option is useful with maps in which the values are null or the key is not part of the value. | ||
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-t |
This option inhibits map nickname translation. | ||
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-x |
Display the map nickname translation table. |
FILES
/var/yp/nicknames
map nickname translation table.
SEE ALSO
domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypcat(1), yppoll(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1)
AUTHOR
ypmatch is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk [AT] linux-nis.org>.