NAME

       ypmatch - print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map

SYNOPSYS

       ypmatch [ -kt ] [ -d domain ] key ... mapname
       ypmatch -x

DESCRIPTION

       ypmatch  prints the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname,
       which may be a map name or a map nickname.

OPTIONS

       -d domain
              Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(1).

       -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     This option inhibits map nickname translation.

       -x     Display the map nickname translation table.

FILES

       /var/yp/nicknames
              map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

       domainname(8),   nicknames(5),   ypbind(8),   ypcat(1),   yppoll(8),  ypserv(8),  yset(8),
       ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR

       ypmatch  is  part  of  the  yp-tools  package,  which  was  written  by   Thorsten   Kukuk
       <kukuk@suse.de>.