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 aliases, ethers, group, hosts,
       netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services or
       shadow.


AUTHOR

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

       This man page is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system, updated by Jakub Jelinek
       <jakub@redhat.com> for GNU C Library 2.2.2 getent changes.


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