HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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+ Display the next alias index page, when applicable.
- Display the previous alias index page, when applicable.
/pattern Pattern match. Search for pattern in the alias and user name fields of the alias list.
The search starts at the current alias and wraps around to the beginning of the alias
list. The current alias pointer is set to the first alias that matches. Uppercase and
lowercase are treated as equivalent.
//pattern Pattern match. Search for pattern through all the fields of the alias list (alias, user
name, comment, and address). The search starts at the current alias and wraps
around to the beginning of the alias list. The current alias pointer is set to the first
alias that matches. Uppercase and lowercase are treated as equivalent.
/pattern Pat-
tern match. This command allows you to search through all the alias and username
entries in the alias list, starting at the current alias and continuing through the end.
If the first character of the pattern is a
/, then the comment and the fully expanded
address fields are also included in the search. The search is case-insensitive. This
allows you to find a specific alias in a situation where there are a large number of
aliases.
?key ... Help on key. Display a one-line description of what each key does. ?
displays a sum-
mary listing for each command available. A period (
.) returns you to the Alias Menu.
a Alias current message. This allows you to create an alias that has the return address
of the current message as the address field of the alias. It prompts for a unique alias
name and allows you to edit the comment and address fields.
c Change the current user alias. The old values of the alias fields are used as the
defaults in the prompts for the new values. You cannot change the alias name. If the
alias name is one of a multiple-alias record, it is removed from that record and stored
as a separate record. The old alias is marked
N. Changes are effective after the next
alias resynchronization.
d Mark the current user alias for deletion. The deletions are made when you exit from
the Alias Menu with an q, r,ori command or you resynchronize your alias database
with the
$ command. (You cannot delete a system alias in this way.)
Ctrl-D Delete user aliases with a specified search pattern.
e Edit your aliases.text file, using the editor defined in the editor string vari-
able. Your aliases are resynchronized when you finish editing (see the
$ command).
f Display a fully expanded alias. The currently selected alias is fully expanded and
displayed.
i,I See the Alias Menu q and Q commands.
j Move down. Move the current alias pointer down to the next alias.
J Move down. Move the current alias pointer down to the next undeleted alias.
k Move up. Move the current alias pointer up to the previous alias.
K Move up. Move the current alias pointer up to the previous undeleted alias.
l (ell) Limit the displayed aliases to certain types or those that contain certain string values.
You are prompted with Enter criteria:. To set, add to, or clear the limiting cri-
teria, type one of:
all Clear all the criteria and restore the normal display.
alias string Restrict to alias names containing string.
name string Restrict to full names (first name and last name) containing
string.
group Restrict to group aliases (can include system and user aliases).
person Restrict to person aliases (can include system and user aliases).
system Restrict to system aliases (can include group and person aliases).
user Restrict to system aliases (can include group and person aliases).
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