4.3BSD-UWisc/man/man1/ypmatch.1

.\" @(#)ypmatch.1 1.1 85/12/28 SMI; 
.TH YPMATCH 1 "19 August 1985"
.SH NAME
ypmatch - print the value of one or more keys from a yp map
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ypmatch 
[ \fB-d \fIdomain\fR ]
[ \fB-k\fR ]
[ \fB-t\fR ]
.I key 
\&.\|.\|.
.I mname 
.br
.B ypmatch 
.B \-x
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
ypmatch prints the values associated with one or more keys from the 
yellow pages (YP) map (database) specified by a
.IR mname ,
which may be either a
.I mapname
or an map 
.IR nickname .
.LP
Multiple keys can be specified; the same map will be searched for all .
The keys must be exact values insofar as capitalization and length
are concerned.  No pattern matching is available.  
If a key is not matched, a diagnostic message is produced.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \fB\-d\fR
Specify a domain other that the default domain.
.IP \fB\-k\fR
Before printing the value of a key, print the key itself, followed by a
colon (':').  This is useful only if the keys are not duplicated in the
values, or you've specified so many keys that the output could
be confusing.
.IP \fB\-t\fR
Inhibit translation of nickname to mapname.
For example,
.I "ypmatch \-t zippy passwd "
will fail because there is no map named
.IR passwd ,
while
.I "ypmatch zippy passwd "
will be translated to
.IR "ypmatch zippy passwd.byname " .
.IP \fB\-x\fR
Display the map nickname table.
This lists the nicknames (\fImnames\fR\|)
the command knows of, and indicates the
.I mapname
associated with each
nickname.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ypfiles(5), ypcat(1)