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mail(1) | mail(1) |
NAME
mail, rmail - send mail to users or read mail
SYNOPSIS
mail [+]
mail
rmail
Remarks:
See mailx(1) and elm(1) for an enhanced user mail interface.
DESCRIPTION
The mail command, when used without arguments, prints the user's mail,
For each message, mail prints a ? prompt and reads a line from the standard input to determine the disposition of the message. Commands that automatically proceed to the next message exit from mail if mail already on the last message.
Commands
mail supports the following commands:
Go on to next message. Exit if already on last message. |
+Same as
nSame as
dDelete message and go on to next message.
pPrint message again.
-Go back to previous message.
s [ files ] | Save message in the named ®les (default is mbox), mark the message for deletion |
| from the user's mail®le, and proceed to next message. |
y [ files ] | Same as s [ ®les ]. |
w [ files ] | Save message without its header (the ``From ...'' line), in the named ®les (default is |
| mbox), mark the message for deletion, and go on to next message. |
mperson ... Mail the message to each named person, mark the message for deletion, and go on to next message.
qPut undeleted mail back in the mailfile and stop.
EOT
xAbort. Leave original mailfile unchanged and stop.
!command Escape to the command interpreter and execute command.
?Print a command summary.
*Same as ?.
The following
+Cause messages to be printed in
Suppresses printing of mail and returns the exit value: | |||
| 0 | = Mail present |
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| 1 | = No mail |
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| 2 | = Other error |
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Prints all mail without prompting for disposition. |
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Causes | mail to terminate if an interrupt is received. Normally an interrupt only | ||
| causes the termination of the printing of the current message. | ||
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