# phpman > man > FMTDUMP(8mh)

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## NAME
       fmtdump - decode nmh's [_mh-format_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-format/5/markdown) files

## SYNOPSIS
       **/usr/lib/mh/fmtdump** [**-help**] [**-version**] [**-form** _formatfile_] [**-format** _string_]

## DESCRIPTION
       **fmtdump**  parses  an  **nmh** format file and produces a pseudo-language listing of how **nmh** inter‐
       prets the file.  This is useful when debugging a complicated format file.

       The **-format** _string_ and **-form** _formatfile_ switches may be used to specify a  format  string  or
       format file to read.  See [_mh-format_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-format/5/markdown) for details.

## FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.
       /etc/nmh/scan.default
                           The default format file.

## PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:               To determine the user's nmh directory.

## SEE ALSO
       [_fmttest_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fmttest/1/markdown), [_mh-format_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-format/5/markdown), [_mh-sequences_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-sequences/8/markdown)

## CONTEXT
       None



nmh-1.7.1                                    1999-04-30                                 [FMTDUMP(8mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FMTDUMP/8mh/markdown)