---
name: "ldif-duplicate-attrs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hxtools"
version: "20231224-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ldif-duplicate-attrs"
---

# ldif-duplicate-attrs(1)

check for multi-value attributes in LDIF file

## Name

ldif-duplicate-attrs — check for multi-value attributes in LDIF file

## Usage

**procalldiff** \[**-C**\] **\<***foo.ldif* **\>***report.txt*

Input must not contain linewraps. Do use with

{**slapcat\|ldapsearch} -o ldif-wrap=no ...**

## Description

**Reads an LDIF file from standard input and checks for the presence** **of multivalued attributes of all DNs. Whitelisted attribute names** **are excluded from the problem report. Outputs a statistic sorted by** **severity to standard output.**

## Options

- **-C**

  **Force color output. Useful when piping into \`less -R\`.** **(By default, color is only emitted when stdout is a tty.)**

## Example output

```
	11	cn=67eoG,ou=Muenchen,o=Deutschland
		uid(3) cn(2) fullName(2) mail(2) sn(2)
	10	cn=Hoff,ou=Muenchen,o=Deutschland
		homeCity(2) homePostalAddress(2) homeZipCode(2) l(2)
		telephoneNumber(2)
```

**The DN cn=67eoG has had three values for the "uid" attribute, two for "cn",** **and so on, for a total badness score of 11.** **The entire output is sorted by:**

- 1\.

  **Overall, DNs are sorted by descending score.**

- 2\.

  **For a particular DN, attributes are sorted by descending score.**

- 3\.

  **If two attributes have the same score, sort occurs** **lexicographically ascending.**

## See also

**[hxtools(7)](/hxtools/7.md)**