02-09-2016
\rm escapes an alias and a function.
Or is there an assumption that a stupid user cannot type a \ character?
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ali(1mh) ali(1mh)
Name
ali - list mail aliases
Syntax
ali [ -alias aliasfile ] [ -help ] [ -[no]list ] [ -[no]normalize ] [ -user useraddr ] [ -nouser ] [ aliases ... ]
Description
The command searches the specified mail alias files for each of the given aliases. It creates a list of addresses for those aliases, and
displays that list on the screen.
Options
-alias aliasfile
Specifies the alias file to be consulted by You can specify more than one alias file, but each aliasfile must be preceded by
-alias. In addition to any alias files that you specify, consults the system alias file
You can set up an entry in your so that automatically consults an alias file. To do this, add the Aliasfile entry to your pro-
file. See for more information.
-help Prints a list of the valid options to this command.
-list
-nolist Prints the addresses on separate lines. If you do not specify the -list option, the addresses are separated by commas and
printed on as few lines as possible.
-normalize
-nonormalize
Instructs to try to track down the official hostname of the address. This can be suppressed by using -nonormalize. The default
is -nonormalize.
-user useraddr
-nouser Displays all the aliases that contain a specific name. Instead of listing the addresses that each given alias expands to, lists
the aliases that expand to include each given address. You must specify the complete user name that you have used in your alias
file.
The defaults for this command are:
-alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
-nolist
-nonormalize
-nouser
Examples
The following example shows how the -user option can be used to list all the aliases containing the address Parker@Venus:
% ali -user Parker@Venus
Parker@Venus: Group, Reviewers, Badminton
Profile Components
Path: Location of your Mail directory.
Aliasfile: Location of your personal alias file.
Files
The user profile.
The system alias file.
The system password file.
The system group file.
See Also
mh-alias(5mh)
ali(1mh)