suse man page for getent

GETENT(1)							   GNU C Library							 GETENT(1)

NAME
       getent - get entries from administrative database

SYNOPSIS
       getent database [key ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The getent program gathers entries from the specified administrative database using the specified search keys.  Where database is one of
       passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols, or networks.

AUTHOR
       getent is written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> for the GNU C Library.

       This man page is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>

3rd Berkeley Distribution						2.1								 GETENT(1)