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GETENT(1)                      Debian GNU/Linux                      GETENT(1)



 

NAME


       getent - get entries from administrative database

 

SYNOPSIS


       getent database [key ...]

 

DESCRIPTION






       The getent program gathers entries from the specified administrative
       database using the specified search keys.  Where database is one of
       passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols, or networks.

 

EXIT VALUES


       The getent command exits with the following values:

       0      Success

       1      Unknown database

       2      Key not found in database

       3      Database does not support enumeration

 

AUTHOR


       getent was written by Thorsten Kukuk for the GNU C Library.

       This man page was written by Joel Klecker  for the
       Debian GNU/Linux system.










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