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Name

ypcat - print values of all keys in a NIS database

Synopsis

ypcat [ -kt ] [ -d domain ] [ -h hostname ] mapname
ypcat -x

Description

ypcat prints the values of all 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) .
-h hostname
Specify a hostname other than the default one as found by ypbind(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) , ypmatch(1) , yppoll(8) , ypserv(8) , ypset(8) , ypwhich(1)

Author

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

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