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ypmatch – print the values of one or more keys in a NIS database

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION SEE ALSO AUTHORS

ypmatch [-kt] [-d domainname] key ... mapname
ypmatch -x

The ypmatch utility prints out the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname.

The options are as follows:

-d domainname
	Specify a domain other than the default domain.
-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
	Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.
-x
	Display the map nickname table.

Theo De Raadt <Mt deraadt@theos.com>.