YPMATCH(1) MachTen Programmer’s Manual YPMATCH(1)

NAME
ypmatch - print the value of one or more keys from a NIS
map

SYNOPSIS
ypmatch [ -d domain ] [ -k ] [ -t ] key ... mname

ypmatch -x

DESCRIPTION
ypmatch prints the values associated with one or more keys
from the Network Information Service (NIS) map specified
by mname, which may be either a mapname or an map nick-
name.

Multiple keys can be specified; the same map will be
searched for all . The keys must be exact values insofar
as capitalization and length are concerned. No pattern
matching is available. If a key is not matched, a diag-
nostic message is produced.

OPTIONS
-d Specify a domain other than the default domain.

-k Before printing the value of a key, print the key
itself, followed by a ‘:’ colon . This is useful
only if the keys are not duplicated in the values,
or you’ve specified so many keys that the output
could be confusing.

-t Inhibit translation of nickname to mapname. For
example, ‘ypmatch -t zippy passwd ’ will fail
because there is no map named passwd, while
‘ypmatch zippy passwd ’ will be translated to
‘ypmatch zippy passwd.byname ’.

-x Display the map nickname table. This lists the
nicknames (mnames) the command knows of, and indi-
cates the mapname associated with each nickname.

SEE ALSO
ypcat(1), ypfiles(5)

NOTES
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known
as Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two
remains the same; only the name has changed. The name
Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United King-
dom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used
without permission.

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