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

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mailx(1) mailx(1)
xit Exit from mailx, without changing the mailbox. No messages are saved in the mbox
(see also
quit).
file [filename]
folder [filename] Quit from the current file of messages and read in the specified file. Several special
characters are recognized when used as file names, and substitutions are made as fol-
lows:
% the current mailbox.
%user the mailbox for user.
# the previous file.
& the current mbox.
Default file is the current mailbox.
folders Print the names of the files in the directory set by the
folder variable (see the
Environment Variables subsection).
followup [message] Respond to a message and record the response in a file 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 the Environment Variable
subsection).
Followup [msglist] Respond to the first message in the msglist, sending the message to the author of
each message in the msglist. The subject line is extracted from the first message and
the response is recorded in a file whose name is derived from the author of the first
message. See also the
followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder (see
the Environment Variables subsection).
from [msglist] Print the header summary for the specified messages.
group alias name...
alias alias name... Declare an alias for the given names. The names are substituted when alias is used
as a recipient. Useful in the
.mailrc file.
headers [message] Prints the page of headers which includes the message specified. The
screen vari-
able sets the number of headers per page (see the Environment Variables subsection).
See also the
z command.
help Prints a summary of commands.
hold [msglist]
preserve [msglist] Holds the specified messages in the mailbox.
if sr
mail-commands
else
mail-commands
endif Conditional execution, where s executes the accompanying mail-commands, up to an
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 files.
ignore header-field ...
discard header-field ...
Suppresses printing of the specified header fields when displaying messages on the
screen. Examples of header fields to ignore are status and cc. All fields are
included when the message is saved. The Print and Type commands override this
command.
list Prints all commands available. No explanation is given.
mail name ... Mail a message to the specified users.
mbox [msglist] Arrange for the given messages to end up in the standard mbox save file when mailx
terminates normally. See MBOX in the Environment Variables subsection for a
description of this file. See also the exit and quit commands.
next [message] Go to next message matching message.Amsglist can be specified, but in this case the
first valid message in the list is the only one used. This is useful for jumping to the
next message from a specific user since the name would be interpreted as a command
in the absence of a real command. See the discussion of msglists above for a
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