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title: Managing entries
description: The PingDirectory server is a fully LDAPv3-compliant server that comes with a comprehensive set of LDAP command-line tools to search, add, modify, and delete entries.
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version: 11.0
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canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdirectory_server_administration_guide/pd_ds_manage_entries.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
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# Managing entries

The PingDirectory server is a fully LDAPv3-compliant server that comes with a comprehensive set of LDAP command-line tools to search, add, modify, and delete entries.

The following sections describe how to work with entries:

* [Searching entries](pd_ds_search_entries.html)

* [Working with the matching entry count control](pd_ds_matching_entry_count_control.html)

* [Adding entries](pd_ds_add_entries.html)

* [Deleting entries using ldapdelete](pd_ds_delete_entries_ldapdelete.html)

* [Deleting entries using ldapmodify](pd_ds_delete_entries_ldapmodify.html)

* [Modifying entries using ldapmodify](pd_ds_modify_entries_ldapmodify.html)

* [Working with the parallel-update tool](pd_ds_parallel_update_tool.html)

* [Working with the watch-entry tool](pd_ds_watch_entry_tool.html)

* [Working with LDAP transactions](pd_ds_ldap_transactions.html)