hpux man page for ypmatch

ypmatch(1)						      General Commands Manual							ypmatch(1)

NAME
       ypmatch - print values of selected keys in Network Information Service map

SYNOPSIS
       domain]

   Remarks
       The  Network  Information  Service  (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (YP).  Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
       service remains the same.

DESCRIPTION
       prints the values associated with one or more keys in a Network Information Service (NIS) map specified by mname.  The mname can be  either
       a mapname or a map nickname.  A map nickname is a synonym by which a NIS map can be referenced.

       If multiple keys are specified, the same map is searched for an occurrence of each key.	A match is made only when the case and length of a
       key is the same as that stored in the database.	No pattern matching is available.  If a key is not matched, a diagnostic message  is  pro-
       duced.

   Options
       recognizes the following command-line options:

	      Before printing the value associated with a key,
		      print  the  key  followed  by a colon This option is useful if the keys are not part of the values (as in a map), or so many
		      keys were specified that the output could be confusing.

	      Inhibit the translation of a map's
		      nickname to its corresponding mapname.  For example, fails because there is no map named whereas, is translated to

	      Specify a
		      domain other than the default domain, that is, the one returned by (see domainname(1)).

	      Display the
		      nickname for each NIS map.

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4).

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