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<title>Examples</title>
<para>
The following example demonstrates use of the command.
</para>
<screen>
$ <userinput>cat /path/to/newuser.ldif</userinput>
<computeroutput>dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: newuser
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: top
cn: New User
sn: User
ou: People
mail: newuser@example.com
userPassword: changeme</computeroutput>
$ <userinput>cat /path/to/newdiff.ldif</userinput>
<computeroutput>dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: userPassword
userPassword: secret12
-
delete: userPassword
userPassword: changeme
-
add: description
description: A new description.</computeroutput>
$ <userinput>ldifmodify -s /path/to/newuser.ldif -m /path/to/newdiff.ldif -t neweruser.ldif</userinput>
$ <userinput>cat neweruser.ldif</userinput>
<computeroutput>dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: newuser
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: top
cn: New User
sn: User
ou: People
mail: newuser@example.com
userPassword: secret12
description: A new description.</computeroutput>
</screen>
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