From f7585b288b0d9e80b940be4dc066cddbae0b9cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Fernando=20Apestegu=C3=ADa?= Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:40:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] getent(1): Add EXAMPLES section Add 3 small examples to the EXAMPLES section. Approved by: manpages (gbe@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26866 --- usr.bin/getent/getent.1 | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/getent/getent.1 b/usr.bin/getent/getent.1 index a77a18084e9b..5ecf3b878f57 100644 --- a/usr.bin/getent/getent.1 +++ b/usr.bin/getent/getent.1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 2016 +.Dd October 24, 2020 .Dt GETENT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -103,6 +103,24 @@ utility exits 0 on success, .Ar database , or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on .Ar database . +.Sh EXAMPLES +Show entry for user sshd from the passwd database: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ getent passwd sshd +sshd:*:22:22:Secure Shell Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin +.Ed +.Pp +Show entry for TCP from the protocols database: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ getent protocols tcp +tcp 6 TCP +.Ed +.Pp +Show entry for the localhost IPv6 address ::1 from the hosts database: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ getent hosts ::1 +::1 localhost localhost.my.domain +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getutxent 3 , .Xr ethers 5 , @@ -123,7 +141,4 @@ command appeared in .Nx 3.0 , and was imported into .Fx 7.0 . -It was based on the command of the same name in -.Tn Solaris -and -.Tn Linux . +It was based on the command of the same name in Solaris and Linux.