NAME
getent, getcap
— get entries from
administrative databases
SYNOPSIS
getent |
database [key ...] |
getcap |
database [key ...] |
DESCRIPTION
Thegetent program retrieves and displays entries from
the administrative database specified by database, using
the lookup order specified in
nsswitch.conf(5). The display format for a given
database is as per the “traditional” file
format for that database.
database may be one of:
| Database | Display format |
| disktab | entry |
| ethers | address name |
| gettytab | entry |
| group | group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] |
| hosts | address name [alias ...] |
| netgroup | (host,user,domain) [...] |
| networks | name network [alias ...] |
| passwd | user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell |
| printcap | entry |
| protocols | name protocol [alias ...] |
| rpc | name number [alias ...] |
| services | name port/protocol [alias ...] |
| shells | /path/to/shell |
If one or more key arguments are provided, they will be looked up in database using the appropriate function. For example, passwd supports a numeric UID or user name; hosts supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; and services supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or numeric port/protocol name.
If no key is provided and database supports enumeration, all entries for database will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed.
For
cgetcap(3) style databases
(disktab,
printcap)
specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more
arguments after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values
of the keys are returned. For boolean keys true is
returned if the key is found. If a key is not found, then
false is always returned.
DIAGNOSTICS
getent exits 0 on success, 1 if there was
an error in the command syntax, 2 if one of the specified key names was not
found in database, or 3 if there is no support for
enumeration on database.
SEE ALSO
cgetcap(3), disktab(5), ethers(5), gettytab(5), group(5), hosts(5), networks(5), nsswitch.conf(5), passwd(5), printcap(5), protocols(5), rpc(5), services(5), shells(5)
HISTORY
A getent command appeared in
NetBSD 3.0. It was based on the command of the same
name in Solaris and Linux.