ypcat(1)

ypcat1

Print the values of all keys in a yp database

Usage

ypcat [-kt] [-d domainname] mapname

ypcat -x

Overview

ypcat prints out the values of all 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

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

Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.

-x

Display the map nickname table.

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 8 times.

  1. 2.1–2.4
  2. 2.5
  3. 2.6–2.8
  4. 2.9–4.1
  5. 4.2–4.3
  6. 4.4–5.4
  7. 5.5–5.6
  8. 5.7–6.4
  9. 6.5–8.0

Authors

Theo de Raadt

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.