# fmtdump - decode nmh's mh-format(5) files - man(8mh) - [phpMan]

[_FMTDUMP_(8mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FMTDUMP/8mh/markdown)                                                                            [_FMTDUMP_(8mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FMTDUMP/8mh/markdown)

## 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-1.8                                      1999-04-30                                 [_FMTDUMP_(8mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FMTDUMP/8mh/markdown)