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NAME
ap - nmh parser of RFC 822-style addresses
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/mh/ap [-help] [-version] [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width columns] ad-
drs ...
DESCRIPTION
ap is a program that parses addresses according to the ARPA Internet standard. It also
understands many non-standard formats. It is useful for seeing how nmh will interpret an
address.
The ap program treats each argument as one or more addresses, and prints those addresses
out in the official RFC 822 format. Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in
quotes for the shell.
To override the output format used by ap, the -format string or -format file switches are
used. This permits individual fields of the address to be extracted with ease. The
string is simply a format string, and the file is simply a format file. See mh-format(5)
for the details.
In addition to the standard escapes, ap also recognizes the following additional escape:
Escape Returns Description
error string A diagnostic if the parse failed
Here is the default format string used by ap:
%<{error}%{error}: %{text}%|%(putstr(proper{text}))%>
which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and the address in er-
ror. Otherwise, output the RFC 822-proper format of the address.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user's profile.
/etc/nmh/mts.conf The mts configuration file.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSO
fmttest(1), dp(8)
Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822)
DEFAULTS
-format As described above.
-width The width of the terminal.
CONTEXT
None
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