NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       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(8).

       -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),  ypset(8),
       ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR

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