ypcat(NC)                       19 June 1992                       ypcat(NC)


 Name

    ypcat - print values in an NIS database

 Syntax

    ypcat [-k] [-t] [-d domainname] mname
    ypcat -x

 Description

    ypcat prints out values in a network information service (NIS) map speci-
    fied by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname.  Since
    ypcat uses the NIS network services, no NIS server is specified.

    To look at the network-wide password database, passwd.byname, (with the
    nickname passwd), type:

       ypcat passwd


    Refer to ypfiles(NF) and ypserv(NADM) for an overview of the network in-
    formation 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.)

    -t   inhibit 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.

    -d   specify a domain other than the default domain.  The default domain
         is returned by domainname(NC).

    -x   display the map nickname table. This lists the nicknames (mnames)
         the command knows of and indicates the mapname associated with each
         nickname.

 See also

    ypfiles(NF), ypserv(NADM), ypmatch(NC), domainname(NC)