Searching a Particular Column

To search through a particular column other than the first, use the following syntax:

nismatch column=string tablename
nisgrep column=reg-expression tablename

This example searches through the depts table for all the entries whose second column has a value of SanFran:

rootmaster% nismatch -h Site=SanFran depts.doc.com.
rootmaster% nisgrep -h Site=SanFran depts.doc.com.