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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
June 2003
Beginner to intermediate
944 pages
43h 1m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

ypcat

Synopsis

                  ypcat [options] map
               

NFS/NIS command. Print values in an NIS database specified by map name or nickname.

Options

-d domain

Specify domain other than default domain.

-h host

Specify a ypbind host other than the default.

--help, -?

Print help message, then exit.

-k

Display keys for maps in which values are null or key is not part of value.

-t

Do not translate mname to map name.

--version, -?

Print version number, then exit.

-x

Display map nickname table listing the nicknames (mnames) known and map name associated with each nickname. Do not require an mname argument.

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ISBN: 0596004826