e

elmalias(1)

 

elmalias(1)

mom

my_mother@a.computer (My

Mommy)

dad

host!otherhost!dad (Dear

Father)

father

host!otherhost!dad (Dear

Father)

pop

host!otherhost!dad (Dear

Father)

parents

mom,dad,parent@host (The

Folks)

siblings

brother1,brother2,sister

(The Kids)

brother1

bro1@kid.computer (First

Son)

To expand a set of aliases and format them with ®eld titles, use the -eand -foptions, as in the following command:

elmalias -ef "Alias: %a Address: %v Type: %t" parents siblings

producing:

Alias: mom Address: my_mother@a.computer Type: Person

Alias: dad Address: host!otherhost!dad Type: Person

Alias: parent@host Address: parent@host Type: Unknown

Alias: brother1 Address: bro1@kid.computer Type: Person

Alias: brother2 Address: brother2 Type: Unknown

Alias: sister Address: sister Type: Unknown

AUTHOR

elmalias was developed by HP.

 

FILES

User alias database data table

$HOME/.elm/aliases

$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir

User alias database directory table

$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag

User alias database hash table

$HOME/.elm/aliases.text

User alias source text

/var/mail/.elm/aliases

System alias database data table

/var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir

System alias database directory table

/var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag

System alias database hash table

/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text

System alias source text

SEE ALSO

 

elm(1), newalias(1).

 

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