ypmatch (1) - Linux Manuals

ypmatch: print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map

Command to display ypmatch manual in Linux: $ man 1 ypmatch

ypmatch - print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map

ypmatch [ -kt ] [ -d domain ] key ... mapname
ypmatch -x

ypmatch prints the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname.

-d domain: Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(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.

ypmatch is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk [at] linux-nis.org>.