HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

ypcat(1) ypcat(1)

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 refer-

enced. 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.

AUTHOR

ypcat was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

EXAMPLES

Display the network-wide password database whose mapname is passwd.byname

and nickname is

passwd :

ypcat passwd