YPMATCH(1)              COMMAND REFERENCE              YPMATCH(1)



NAME
     ypmatch - print the value of one or more keys from a Yellow
     Pages map

SYNOPSIS
     ypmatch [ -d domain ] [ -k ] [ -t ] key ...  mname
     ypmatch -x

DESCRIPTION
     The program ypmatch prints the values associated with one or
     more keys from the Yellow Pages (YP) map specified by a
     mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname.

     Multiple keys can be specified; the same map is searched for
     all.  The keys must be exact values insofar as
     capitalization and length are concerned.  No pattern
     matching is available. If a key is not matched, a diagnostic
     message is produced.

OPTIONS
     -ddomain
            Specify a domain other than the default domain.

     -k     Before printing the value of a key, print the key
            itself, followed by a colon ( : ); this is useful
            only if the keys are not duplicated in the values, or
            you've specified so many keys that the output could
            be confusing.

     -t     Inhibit translation of nickname to mapname.  For
            example, the command:

               ypmatch -t zippy passwd

            will fail because there is no map named passwd, while
            the command:

               ypmatch zippy passwd

            will be translated to:

               ypmatch zippy passwd.byname

     -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
     ypcat(1) and ypfiles(5).






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