YPMATCH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						YPMATCH(1)

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, found in /var/yp/nicknames.  A built-in default translation table is used if /var/yp/nicknames does
	     not exist (see nicknames(5) for details).

     -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), nicknames(5), nis(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)

AUTHORS

     Theo De Raadt
     Greywolf

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								   June 20, 2009							       BSD