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ypmatch (1)

print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map

SYNOPSYS

    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 (1).

    -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.

    -t

      This option inhibits map nickname translation.

    -x

      Display the map nickname translation table.

FILES

    /var/yp/nicknames

      map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

    ypmatch is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.