ypmatch

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

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.

-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.

/var/yp/nicknames

map nickname translation table.

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

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