ypcat(1)

ypcat1

Print values of all keys in a nis database

Usage

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

ypcat -x

Overview

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.

Releases

17 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 1.2
  2. 1.3
  3. 2.0
  4. 2.1–2.2
  5. 3.0
  6. 3.1–10
  7. 11–13

-k since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -t since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -x since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

-d until Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

Author

ypcat is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <[email protected]>.

From yp-tools 4.2.3-4+b2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.