As you should know, each ldapsearch line output is wrapped: the max size of a line output is of 79 characters. By the way, as is so often the case, ldapsearch output is retrieved to be automatically processed by a script or something else: in these cases the line wrapping usually is a big problem.
As you should know, each ldapsearch line output is wrapped: the max size of a line output is of 79 characters.
By the way, as is so often the case, ldapsearch output is retrieved to be automatically processed by a script or something else: in these cases the line wrapping usually is a big problem.
A way to get around this defauld behavior is to provide the option ldif-wrap to ldapsearch.
Think about the following query asking for dn and title of the user Fabio Martelli.
ldapsearch -x
-h adhost.domain.com
-p 389
-D cn=administrator,cn=users,dc=domain,dc=com
-w password
-s sub -b "DC=domain,DC=com"
"cn=Fabio Martelli" dn title
The result will be the following
dn: CN=Fabio Martelli,OU=Developers,OU=Identity Connectors,OU=Apache Syncope,DC=tirasa,DC=net
title: developer
The line corresponding to the dn attribute will be wrapped as shown above.
A specific option can be used to avoid wrapping: ldif-wrap=no.
By changing the query as shown below we will solve our problem.
ldapsearch -o ldif-wrap=no -x
-h adhost.domain.com
-p 389
-D cn=administrator,cn=users,dc=domain,dc=com
-w password
-s sub -b "DC=domain,DC=com"
"cn=Fabio Martelli" dn title
dn: CN=Fabio Martelli,OU=Developers,OU=Identity Connectors,OU=Apache Syncope,DC=tirasa,DC=net
title: developer
Good 