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mailx(1) mailx(1)

included when the message is saved. The

Print and Type commands override this

command.

dp[msglist]

dt[msglist] Delete the speciﬁed messages from the mailbox and print the next message after the

last one deleted. Roughly equivalent to a d

elete command followed by a print com-

mand.

echo string ... Echo the given string or strings (similar to

echo − see echo(1)).

edit [msglist] Edit the given messages. The messages are placed in a temporary ﬁle and the

EDI-

TOR

variable is used to get the name of the editor (see the Environment Variables

subsection). Default editor is ed (see ed(1)).

exit

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).