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NAME
niscat - display NIS+ tables and objects
SYNOPSIS
niscat [ -AhLMv ] tablename ...
niscat [ -ALMP ] -o name ...
DESCRIPTION
In the first synopsis,
niscat displays the contents of the NIS+ tables named by tablename . In the
second synopsis, it displays the internal representation of the NIS+ objects named by name.
Options
-A Display the data within the table and all of the data in tables in the initial table’s concatena-
tion path.
-h Display the header line prior to displaying the table. The header consists of the ‘#’ (hash)
character followed by the name of each column. The column names are separated by the table
separator character.
-L Follow links. When this option is specified, if tablename or name names a LINK type object,
the link is followed and the object or table named by the link is displayed.
-M Master server only. This option specifies that the request should be sent to the master server
of the named data. This guarantees that the most up-to-date information is seen at the possi-
ble expense of increasing the load on the master server and increasing the possibility of the
NIS+ server being unavailable or busy for updates.
-P Follow concatenation path. This option specifies that the request should follow the concatena-
tion path of a table if the initial search is unsuccessful. This option is only useful when using
an indexed name for name and the
-o option.
-v Display binary data directly. This option displays columns containing binary data on the stan-
dard output. Without this option, binary data is displayed as the string *BINARY*.
-o name Display the internal representation of the named NIS+ object(s). If name is an indexed name
(see nismatch (1)), then each of the matching entry objects is displayed. This option is used to
display access rights and other attributes of individual columns.
Notes
Columns without values in the table are displayed by two adjacent separator characters.
EXAMPLES
Display the contents of the hosts table:
niscat -h host.org_dir
# cname name addr comment
client1 client1 129.144.201.100 Joe Smith
crunchy crunchy 129.144.201.44 Jane Smith
crunchy softy 129.144.201.44
The string *NP* is returned in those fields where the user has insufficient access rights.
Display the
passwd.org_dir on the standard output:
niscat passwd.org_dir
Display the contents of table frodo and the contents of all tables in its concatenation path:
niscat -A frodo
Display the entries in the table group.org_dir as NIS+ objects (note that the brackets are protected
from the shell by single quotes):
niscat -o ’[ ]group.org_dir’
Display the table object of the passwd.org_dir table:
niscat -o passwd.org_dir
The previous example displays the passwd table object and not the passwd table. The table object
includes information such as the number of columns, column type, searchable or not searchable,
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