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ypcat(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ypcat(1)

NAME
ypcat - print values from an Network Information Service (NIS) data base SYNOPSIS
ypcat [-k] [-t] [-d domainname] mname ypcat -x OPTIONS
Displays information on the domain specified by domainname. Displays keys for maps in which values are null or key is not part of the value. Inhibits translation of mname to mapname. For example, ypcat -t passwd will fail because there is no map named passwd, whereas ypcat passwd will be translated to ypcat passwd.byname. Displays map nickname table. This lists the nicknames (mnames) the command knows of, and indicates the mapname associated with each nickname. DESCRIPTION
The ypcat command prints values stored in an NIS map specified by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname. To look at the network-wide password database, passwd.byname, with the nickname passwd, type: ypcat passwd SEE ALSO
domainname(1), ypmatch(1), ypfiles(4), ypserv(8) ypcat(1)

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ypcat(1)							   User Commands							  ypcat(1)

NAME
ypcat - print values in a NIS database SYNOPSIS
ypcat [-kx] [-d ypdomain] mname DESCRIPTION
The ypcat command prints out values in the NIS name service map specified by mname, which may be either a map name or a map nickname. Since ypcat uses the NIS network services, no NIS server is specified. Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the NIS name service. OPTIONS
-k Display the keys for those maps in which the values are null or the key is not part of the value. None of the maps derived from files that have an ASCII version in /etc fall into this class. -d ypdomain Specify a domain other than the default domain. -x Display map nicknames. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------------------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |Availability SUNWnisu | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ypmatch(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 23 Jan 1995 ypcat(1)
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