ypcat(1)

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💖 ypcat — the yp-tools girlie 💖

okay bestie, welcome to ypcat from section 1 of the General Commands Manual. she prints values. she's simple. she's iconic. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ypcat — print values of all keys in a NIS database 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ypcat [ -kt ] [ -d domain ] [ -h hostname ] mapname
ypcat -x

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: ypcat prints out the values of every single key in the NIS database you point it at, the one specified by mapname. and mapname can be either a map name or a map nickname, no gatekeeping 💖

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -d domain — pick a domain that isn't the default one. the default is whatever domainname(8) hands back. so if you're feeling like a different domain today, this is your moment ✨
  • -h hostname — point at a hostname that isn't the default one. the default is the one ypbind(8) found. lowkey useful when you wanna ask a different server 🫶
  • -k — display map keys too. highkey important for maps where the values are null, or where the key just... isn't part of the value. iykyk 😭
  • -t — this one inhibits map nickname translation. so no nickname glow-ups, just the raw thing 🚫✨
  • -x — display the map nickname translation table. the whole little dictionary, served fresh 🍓

🧚 FILES 🧚

  • /var/yp/nicknames — the map nickname translation table. yes, that one. the source of all the nickname lore 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1)

go read those too, bestie, they're all in the same friend group 💖

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

ypcat</purl> is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>. shoutout to the author, absolute legend, main character energy fr fr 👑✨

and that's the whole page bestie!! this was YP Tools 4.2.3, from April 2010, and yes it's giving vintage but she still slays 💅🫶 mwah, go cat some maps 💖

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