---
name: "ypmatch"
section: "1"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ypmatch"
---

# ypmatch(1)

print the values of one or more keys in a YP database

## NAME

**ypmatch** – print the values of one or more keys in a YP database

## SYNOPSIS

**ypmatch** \[**-kt**\] \[**-d** *domainname*\] *key* *...* *mapname*

**ypmatch** **-x**

## DESCRIPTION

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

The options are as follows:

- **-d** *domainname*

  Specify a domain other than the default domain.

- **-k**

  Print the map key followed by a colon, before printing key value. This option is useful with maps in which the values are null or the key is not part of the value.

- **-t**

  Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.

- **-x**

  Display the map nickname table.

## SEE ALSO

[domainname(1)](/domainname/1.md), [ypcat(1)](/ypcat/1.md), [ypwhich(1)](/ypwhich/1.md), [yp(8)](/yp/8.md), [ypbind(8)](/ypbind/8.md), [yppoll(8)](/yppoll/8.md), [ypset(8)](/ypset/8.md)

## AUTHORS

Theo de Raadt