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ignore [header-field ...]
Suppresses printing of the specified header fields when displaying messages on the
screen. Examples of header fields to ignore are "status" and "cc." The fields are
included when the message is saved. The P
rint and Type commands override this
command.
dp[msglist]
dt[msglist] Delete the specified messages from the mailbox and print the next message after the
last one deleted. Roughly equivalent to a
delete command followed by a print com-
mand.
echo string ... Echo the given string or strings (similar to
echo − see echo (1)).
edit [msglist] Edit the given messages. The messages are placed in a temporary file and the
EDITOR variable is used to get the name of the editor (see the Environment Vari-
ables subsection). Default editor is ed (see ed(1)).
exit
xit Exit from mailx, without changing the mailbox. No messages are saved in the
mbox (see also quit).
file [filename]
folder [filename] Quit from the current file of messages and read in the specified file. Several special
characters are recognized when used as file names, and substitutions are made as
follows:
% the current mailbox.
%user the mailbox for user .
# the previous file.
& the current mbox.
Default file is the current mailbox.
folders Print the names of the files in the directory set by the
folder variable (see the
Environment Variables subsection).
followup [message] Respond to a message and record the response in a file whose name is derived from
the author of the message. Overrides the record variable, if set. See also the
Followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder (see the Environment Vari-
able subsection).
Followup [msglist] Respond to the first message in the msglist , sending the message to the author of
each message in the msglist . The subject line is extracted from the first message
and the response is recorded in a file whose name is derived from the author of the
first message. See also the
followup, Save, and Copy commands and outfolder
(see the Environment Variables subsection).
from [msglist] Print the header summary for the specified messages.
group alias name...
alias alias name... Declare an alias for the given names. The names are substituted when alias is used
as a recipient. Useful in the
.mailrc file.
headers [message] Prints the page of headers which includes the message specified. The screen
variable sets the number of headers per page (see the Environment Variables sub-
section). See also the z command.
help Prints a summary of commands.
hold [msglist]
preserve [msglist] Holds the specified messages in the mailbox .
if sr
mail-command s
else
mail-command s
endif Conditional execution, where s executes the accompanying mail-command s, up to
an else or endif if the program is in send mode, and r causes the accompanying
mail-command s to be executed only in receive mode. Intended for use in
.mailrc files.
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