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1AP(8)                        [nmh-1.2-20070115cvs]                       AP(8)
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NAME

6       ap - parse addresses 822-style
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/libexec/nmh/ap [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-normalize |
10            -nonormalize] [-width columns] [-version] [-help] addrs ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Ap is a program that parses addresses according to  the  ARPA  Internet
14       standard.  It also understands many non-standard formats.  It is useful
15       for seeing how nmh will interpret an address.
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17       The ap program treats each argument  as  one  or  more  addresses,  and
18       prints  those  addresses  out in the official 822-format.  Hence, it is
19       usually best to enclose each argument in double-quotes for the shell.
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21       To override the output format used by ap, the -format string or -format
22       file  switches are used.  This permits individual fields of the address
23       to be extracted with ease.  The string is simply a format  string,  and
24       the file is simply a format file.  See mh-format(5) for the details.
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26       In  addition  to the standard escapes, ap also recognizes the following
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29            Escape  Returns  Description
30            error   string   A diagnostic if the parse failed
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32       If the -normalize switch is given, ap will try to track down the  offi‐
33       cial hostname of the address.
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35       Here is the default format string used by ap:
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37            %<{error}%{error}: %{text}%|%(putstr(proper{text}))%>
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39       which  says  that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and
40       the address in error.  Otherwise, output the 822-proper format  of  the
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FILES

45       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile
46       /etc/nmh/mts.conf          nmh mts configuration file
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PROFILE COMPONENTS

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DEFAULTS

58       `-format' defaults as described above
59       `-normalize'
60       `-width' defaults to the width of the terminal
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CONTEXT

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BUGS

68       The  argument  to  the  -format  switch must be interpreted as a single
69       token by the shell that invokes ap.  Therefore, one must usually  place
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74MH.6.8                            1 Jul 2003                             AP(8)