mailx(1) | mailx(1) |
xit | Exit from mailx, without changing the mailbox. No messages are saved in the mbox |
| (see also quit). |
file [ filename ] |
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folder [ filename ] | Quit from the current ®le of messages and read in the speci®ed ®le. Several special |
| characters are recognized when used as ®le names, and substitutions are made as fol- |
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%the current mailbox.
%user the mailbox for user.
#the previous ®le.
&the current mbox. Default ®le is the current mailbox.
folders Print the names of the ®les in the directory set by the folder variable (see
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES).
followup [ message ]
Followup [ msglist ]
from [ msglist ]
group alias name ...
alias alias name ...
headers [ message ]
help
Respond to a message and record the response in a ®le whose name is derived from the author of the message. Overrides the record variable, if set. See also the Fol- lowup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder (see ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ).
Respond to the ®rst message in the msglist, sending the message to the author of each message in the msglist. The subject line is extracted from the ®rst message and the response is recorded in a ®le whose name is derived from the author of the ®rst message. See also the followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder (see
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES).
Print the header summary for the speci®ed messages.
Declare an alias for the given names. The names are substituted when alias is used as a recipient. Useful in the .mailrc ®le.
Prints the page of headers which includes the message speci®ed. The screen variable sets the number of headers per page (see ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES). See also the z command.
Prints a summary of commands.
m
hold [ msglist ]
preserve [ msglist ] Holds the speci®ed messages in the mailbox.
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endif | Conditional execution, where s executes the accompanying | ||
| else or endif if the program is in send mode, and | r causes the accompanying mail- | |
| commands to be executed only in receive mode. Intended for use in .mailrc ®les. | ||
ignore |
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discard |
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| Suppresses printing of the speci®ed header ®elds when displaying messages on the | ||
| screen. Examples of header ®elds to ignore are | status and cc. All ®elds are | |
| included when the message is saved. The Print and Type commands override this | ||
| command. |
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list | Prints all commands available. No explanation is given. | ||
mail name ... | Mail a message to the speci®ed users. |
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mbox [ msglist ] | Arrange for the given messages to end up in the standard mbox save ®le when | ||
| mailx terminates | normally. See MBOX description under ENVIRONMENT VARI- | |
| ABLES for a description of this ®le. See also the exit and quit commands. | ||
next [ message ] | Go to next message matching message. A msglist can be speci®ed, but in this case the | ||
| ®rst valid message in the list is the only one used. This is useful for jumping to the | ||
| next message from a speci®c user since the name would be interpreted as a command | ||
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