NAME
ypmatch
- print the values of one or more keys in a NIS database
SYNOPSIS
ypmatch
[-ktz]
[-d domainname]
key ...
mapname
ypmatch
-x
DESCRIPTION
ypmatch
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
-
Print the map key followed by a colon, before printing key value.
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.
- -z
-
Append a NUL character at the end of the key when doing the lookup.
This is useful for mail.aliases maps, which include a trailing NUL in
the keys.
SEE ALSO
domainname(1),
ypcat(1),
ypwhich(1),
nis(8),
ypbind(8),
yppoll(8),
ypset(8)
AUTHORS
Theo De Raadt