System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

General LDAP Tools

LDAP command line tools support a common set of options, including authentication and bind parameters. The following tools support a common text-based format for representing directory information called the LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF). These commands can be used to manipulate directory entries directly.

ldapsearch(1)

ldapmodify(1)

ldapadd(1)

ldapdelete(1)