NAME
ypcat — print all values in Network Information Service map
SYNOPSIS
ypcat
[-k]
[-t]
[-d
domain]
mname
ypcat -x
Remarks
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (YP).
The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has
changed.
DESCRIPTION
ypcat
prints all values in a Network Information Service (NIS) map specified by
mname,
which can be either a
mapname
or a map
nickname.
A map
nickname
is a synonym by which a NIS map can be referenced.
Values are listed, one per line.
Options
ypcat
recognizes the following options:
- -k
Print the associated key preceding each value.
This option is useful for examining maps in which the values are null
or the keys are not part of the value,
such as the
ypservers
map.
The maps derived from files that have an ASCII version in
/etc
(such as
passwd
and
hosts)
are not in this category.
- -t
Inhibit the translation of a map's
nickname
to its corresponding
mapname.
For example,
ypcat -t passwd
fails because there is no map named
passwd,
whereas
ypcat passwd
translates to
ypcat passwd.byname.
- -d
Specify a
domain
other than the one returned by
domainname
(see
domainname(1)).
- -x
Display the table that lists the
nickname
for each NIS map.
EXAMPLES
Display the network-wide password database whose
mapname
is
passwd.byname
and
nickname
is
passwd :
AUTHOR
ypcat
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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