YPMATCH(1) | General Commands Manual | YPMATCH(1)

# NAME

`ypmatch` — print the values of one or more keys in a NIS database

# SYNOPSIS

`ypmatch` | [`-ktz`] [`-b` num_retry] [`-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:

`-b` num_retry
  Do not wait infinite time for the ypserver to come up. Retry only the specified number of times. See yp_setbindtries(3) for explanation. The valid range is limited from 0 to 65535 by this program.
`-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), yp_setbindtries(3), nicknames(5), nis(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)

# AUTHORS

Theo De Raadt
Greywolf

March 2, 2012 | NetBSD 11.0