February 26, 2005 YPMATCH 1

### NAME

ypmatch - print the values of one or more keys in a NIS database

### SYNOPSIS

ypmatch [-ktz] [-d domainname] key ... mapname ypmatch -x

### DESCRIPTION

ypmatch prints out the values of one or more keys from the NIS 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.

-z
  Append a NUL character at the end of the key when doing the lookup. This is useful for mail.aliases maps, which include a trailing NUL in the keys.

### SEE ALSO

domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypwhich(1), nis(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)

### AUTHORS

Theo De Raadt