ypmatch(1)                          CLIX                          ypmatch(1)



  NAME

    ypmatch - Displays the value of one or more keys from a Network
    Information Service (NIS) map

  SYNOPSIS

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

    ypmatch -x

  FLAGS

    -d domain   Specifies a domain other than the default.  (See domainname(1)
                for more information.)

    -k          Before displaying the value of a key, displays the key itself
                followed by a colon (:).  This is useful only if the keys are
                not duplicated in the values, or so many keys have been
                specified that the output could be confusing.

    -t          Inhibits translation of nickname to map name.  For example:

                ypmatch -t zippy passwd

                fails because no map is named passwd; whereas:

                ypmatch zippy passwd

                is translated to ypmatch zippy passwd.byname.

    -x          Displays the map nickname table.  This lists the nicknames
                (mnames) the command is familiar with and indicates the map
                name associated with each nickname.

  DESCRIPTION

    The ypmatch command displays the values associated with one or more keys
    from the Network Information Service (NIS) map (database) specified by a
    mname, which may be either a map name or a map nickname.

    Multiple keys can be specified; the same map is searched for all keys.
    The keys must be exact values in capitalization and length.  No pattern
    matching is available.  If a key is not matched, a diagnostic message is
    displayed.

  EXAMPLES

    1.  To display the information for user juan in the passwd NIS map, enter:

        ypmatch juan passwd



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  ypmatch(1)                          CLIX                          ypmatch(1)



    2.  To display the information for several hosts in the hosts NIS map,
        enter:

        ypmatch -k sys1 sys2 sys3 hosts


    3.  To display the map nickname table, enter:

        ypmatch -x


  DIAGNOSTICS

    ypmatch: the domainname hasn't been set on this machine.
           The domainname for this system has not been set.  This typically
           means ypinit has not been executed on this system.

  EXIT VALUES

    The ypmatch command exits with a value of 0 if successful, or 1 if
    unsuccessful.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypinit(8)

    Files:  ypfiles(4)



























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