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YPCAT(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  YPCAT(1)

NAME
ypcat -- print the values of all keys in a YP database SYNOPSIS
ypcat [-kt] [-d domainname] mapname ypcat -x DESCRIPTION
The ypcat utility prints out the values of all keys from the YP 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. SEE ALSO
domainname(1), ypmatch(1), yp(8), ypbind(8), ypset(8) AUTHORS
Theo De Raadt <deraadt@theos.com>. BSD
December 3, 1993 BSD

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NAME
ypcat - print values of all keys in a NIS database SYNOPSIS
ypcat [ -kt ] [ -d domain ] [ -h hostname ] mapname ypcat -x DESCRIPTION
ypcat prints the values of all keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname. OPTIONS
-d domain Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(8). -h hostname Specify a hostname other than the default one as found by ypbind(8). -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
/var/yp/nicknames map nickname translation table. SEE ALSO
domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1) AUTHOR
ypcat is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>. YP Tools 2.12 April 2010 ypcat(1)
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