YPMATCH(1)                 OpenBSD Reference 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      Print the map key followed by a colon, before printing key value.
             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
     domainname(1),  ypcat(1),  ypwhich(1),  yp(8),  ypbind(8),  yppoll(8),
     ypset(8)

AUTHOR
     Theo De Raadt

OpenBSD 2.6                    December 3, 1993                              1