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YPMATCH(1)                               BSD General Commands Manual                              YPMATCH(1)

NAME
     ypmatch -- print the values of one or more keys in a YP database

SYNOPSIS
     ypmatch [-kt] [-d domainname] key ... mapname
     ypmatch -x

DESCRIPTION
     Ypmatch prints out the values of one or more keys from the YP database specified by mapname, which may
     be a map name or a map nickname.

     The options are as follows:

     -d domainname
             Specify a domain other than the default domain.

     -k      Display map keys.  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.

SEE ALSO
     ypcat(1), yp(8)

AUTHOR
     Theo De Raadt

BSD                                           December 3, 1993                                           BSD

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