ypmatch prints the values associated with one or more keys from the NIS's name services map specified by mname, which may be either a map name or a map nickname.

Multiple keys can be specified; all keys will be searched for in the same map. The keys must be the same case and length. No pattern matching is available. If a key is not matched, a diagnostic message is produced.

The following options are supported:

-k

Before printing the value of a key, print the key itself, followed by a colon (:).

-t

Inhibit map nickname translation.

-d domain

Specify a domain other than the default domain.

-x

Display the map nickname table. This lists the nicknames the command knows of, and indicates the map name associated with each nickname.

The following operand is supported:

mname

The NIS's name services map

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful operation.

1

An error occurred.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ypcat(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)

ypmatch will fail with an RPC error message on yp operation if enough file descriptors are not available. The number of file descriptors should be increased if this occurs.