ypmatch - Unix, Linux Command

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NAME

ypmatch - 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

Tag	Description
-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

Tag	Description
/var/yp/nicknames
	map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

• domainname (8)

• ypbind (8)

• ypcat (1)

• yppoll (8)

• ypserv (8)

• yset (8)

• ypwhich (1)

AUTHOR

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

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