Title: ldifmodify
Author: Mark Craig
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\w'ldifmodify 'u ldifmodify {options}
This utility can be used to apply a set of modify, add, and delete operations against data in an LDIF file.
The following options are supported.
-m, --changesLDIF {ldifFile}
LDIF file containing the changes to apply.
-s, --sourceLDIF {ldifFile}
LDIF file containing the data to be updated.
-t, --targetLDIF {ldifFile}
File to which the updated data should be written.
-V, --version
Display version information.
-?, -H, --help
Display usage information.
0
The command completed successfully.
> 0
An error occurred.
The following example demonstrates use of the command.
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$ cat /path/to/newuser.ldif 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 $ cat /path/to/newdiff.ldif 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. $ ldifmodify -s /path/to/newuser.ldif -m /path/to/newdiff.ldif -t neweruser.ldif $ cat neweruser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: top uid: newuser description: A new description. cn: New User sn: User userPassword: secret12 mail: newuser@example.com ou: People
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