YPMATCH(1) | 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`
  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)

# AUTHORS

Theo de Raadt

January 17, 2019 | Debian