postcat(1)

1POSTCAT(1)                  General Commands Manual                 POSTCAT(1)
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NAME

6       postcat - show Postfix queue file contents
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SYNOPSIS

9       postcat [-bdehnoqv] [-c config_dir] [files...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  postcat(1)  command  prints the contents of the named files in hu‐
13       man-readable form. The files are expected to be in Postfix  queue  file
14       format.  If  no  files  are  specified on the command line, the program
15       reads from standard input.
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17       By default, postcat(1) shows the envelope and message  content,  as  if
18       the  options -beh were specified. To view message content only, specify
19       -bh (Postfix 2.7 and later).
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21       Options:
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23       -b     Show body content.  The -b option starts producing output at the
24              first  non-header line, and stops when the end of the message is
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27              This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.
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29       -c config_dir
30              The main.cf configuration file is in the named directory instead
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33       -d     Print the decimal type of each record.
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37              This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.
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39       -h     Show message header content.  The -h option produces output from
40              the beginning of the message up to, but not including, the first
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45       -o     Print the queue file offset of each record.
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47       -q     Search  the  Postfix queue for the named files instead of taking
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52       -r     Print records in file order, don't follow pointer records.
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54              This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later.
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59              This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later.
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61       -v     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple  -v  op‐
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DIAGNOSTICS

65       Problems are reported to the standard error stream.
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ENVIRONMENT

68       MAIL_CONFIG
69              Directory with Postfix configuration files.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

72       The  following  main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro‐
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75       The text below provides only a parameter summary. See  postconf(5)  for
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78       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
79              The  default  location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf con‐
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82       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
83              The list of environment parameters  that  a  privileged  Postfix
84              process  will  import  from  a  non-Postfix  parent  process, or
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87       queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
88              The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
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FILES

91       /var/spool/postfix, Postfix queue directory
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LICENSE

97       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
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AUTHOR(S)

100       Wietse Venema
101       IBM T.J. Watson Research
102       P.O. Box 704
103       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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105       Wietse Venema
106       Google, Inc.
107       111 8th Avenue
108       New York, NY 10011, USA
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