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getent is a Unix command that helps a user get entries in a number of important text files called databases

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/getent
http://linux.die.net/man/1/getent

The databases it searches in are: ahosts, ahostsv4, ahostsv6, aliases, ethers (Ethernet addresses), group, gshadow, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, and shadow.

October 14, 2022

johayek

Linux, UNIX, unix_utilities

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getent is a Unix command that helps a user get entries in a number of important text files called databases

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