Perform search operations to data in an LDIF file.
This tool is similar to ldapsearch except that the entries searched exist in an LDIF file as opposed to within an LDAP server.
ldifsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com --ldifFile /usr/local/entries.ldif \
"(l=Austin)"
ldifsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com --searchScope one \
--ldifFile /usr/local/entries.ldif --ldifFile /usr/local/entries2.ldif \
--outputFile result.ldif '(objectclass=*)'
-V
--version
| Description | Display Data Governance Server version information |
-H
--help
| Description | Display general usage information |
--help-debug
| Description | Display help for using debug options |
| Advanced | Yes |
-l {ldifFile}
--ldifFile {ldifFile}
| Description | LDIF file containing the data to search. If no files are provided, the data will be read from standard input |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | Yes |
--ldifEncryptionPassphraseFile {file}
| Description | The path to a file that contains the encryption passphrase needed to decrypt the input LDIF file if it is encrypted. If the input LDIF file is encrypted and this argument is not provided, then the tool will interactively prompt for the encryption passphrase. If a passphrase file is provided, then it must contain exactly one line that consists entirely of the passphrase |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-b {baseDN}
--baseDN {baseDN}
| Description | The base DN for the search. If no base DN is provided, then the root DSE will be used |
| Default Value | |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | Yes |
-s {scope}
--searchScope {scope}
| Description | The scope for the search. It must be one of the following: 'base', 'one', 'sub', or 'subordinate'. If a scope is not provided, then 'sub' will be used by default |
| Allowed Values |
base one sub subordinate |
| Default Value | sub |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-f {filterFile}
--filterFile {filterFile}
| Description | The path to the file containing the search filter(s) to use. If no path is provided, then the filter must be provided on the command-line after the configuration options |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-o {outputFile}
--outputFile {outputFile}
| Description | The path to the output file to which the matching entries should be written. If no path is provided, then the data will be written to standard output by default |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
--compressOutput
| Description | GZIP-Compress the data written to the output LDIF file |
--encryptOutput
| Description | Encrypt the data written to the output LDIF file. If the --outputEncryptionPassphraseFile argument is provided, then that passphrase will be used to encrypt the file; otherwise, the tool will interactively prompt for the passphrase |
--outputEncryptionPassphraseFile {file}
| Description | The path to a file that contains the encryption passphrase needed to encrypt the output LDIF file if the --encryptOutput argument is provided. If the output is to be encrypted but no passphrase file is provided, then the tool will interactively prompt for the passphrase. If a passphrase file is given, then it must contain exactly one line that consists entirely of the passphrase |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
--checkSchema
| Description | Perform schema validation for entries in the target LDIF file and report errors for any entries that violate schema constraints |
-O
--overwriteExisting
| Description | Any existing output file should be overwritten rather than appended |
-T
--dontWrap
| Description | Long lines should not be wrapped |
-z {sizeLimit}
--sizeLimit {sizeLimit}
| Description | Maximum number of matching entries to return |
| Lower Bound | 0 |
| Default Value | 0 |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
-t {timeLimit}
--timeLimit {timeLimit}
| Description | Maximum length of time (in seconds) to spend processing |
| Lower Bound | 0 |
| Default Value | 0 |
| Required | No |
| Multi-Valued | No |
--isCompressed
| Description | The LDIF file is compressed with gzip compression. This argument is no longer necessary, as the tool should automatically detect whether the file is compressed |