=
|
Echoes the number of the
current message. |
#
|
Lets the user write comments
in mail script files. |
!command
|
Executes the shell command
you enter. |
-[n]
|
Selects and displays the
previous message or the
nth previous message.
For
example,
-4
backs up four messages.
An error message is
displayed if you attempt to move back more messages than are in the mailbox.
|
?
help
|
Displays help information.
|
alias
alias alias
alias alias name...
group
g
|
With no arguments, lists
the current aliases.
With one argument, displays only that alias.
With two
or more arguments, creates an alias with the first argument as its name and
all subsequent arguments as the members of the alias.
The
group
command is an alternate for
alias. |
alternate[alt_list]
|
Informs
mailx
that
the addresses listed in
alt_list
refer to the user.
If no
alt_list
is specified in the command, the command displays the current list of alternates.
|
chdir path cd path |
Changes your current directory
to the pathname specified, as if you had executed the
cd
shell command except that the directory you specify with
chdir
prevails only while you are in the
mailx
environment. |
copy [msg_list] file
co [msg_list] file
c [msg_list] file
|
Copies the current message
or the specified messages into a file.
If
file
exists, the messages are appended.
This command works like
save
except that it does not mark copied messages for deletion when you quit from
mailx. |
Copy [msg_list]
C [msg_list]
|
Saves the specified messages in a file
whose name is derived from the author of the first message in the
msg_list.
This command will not mark the messages as being saved.
Otherwise equivalent to the
Save
command. |
delete [msg_list]
d [msg_list]
|
Deletes the current message
or the specified messages.
You can use the
undelete
command
to recover messages you have accidentally deleted. |
discard
[field_list]
|
Identical to the
ignore
subcommand. |
dp
dt
|
Deletes the current message
and prints the next active message. |
echo
string |
Echoes the given string.
Similar to the shell
echo
command. |
edit [msg_list]
e [msg_list]
|
Invokes the editor specified by
EDITOR
and loads
msg_list
into the editor.
When you exit, any changes made are saved back into
msg_list. |
exit
ex
|
Exits
mailx
without updating your system mailbox. |
file [file]
fi [file]
folder [file]
fold [file]
|
Selects a mail file or folder.
If you do not specify a file, this command prints your current path and file
name and the number of messages in your current file.
If you specify a file
or folder, this command displays any changes you have made to your current
file and switches to the specified file for reading. |
folders
|
Lists the names of the folders
in your folder directory. |
followup message
fo message
|
Responds to a message and
records the response in a file whose name is derived from the author of the
message.
This command overrides the
record
option if set.
|
Followup [msg_list]
F [msg_list]
|
Responds to the first message in
msg_list
and sends the message to the author of each
message in
msg_list.
The subject
line is taken from the first message and the response is recorded in a file
whose name is derived from the author of the first message. |
from [login]
f [login]
|
Prints the active message
header.
If you specify a login name, this command prints all the active messages
from the specified name. |
headers [n]
h [n]
|
Lists active message headers,
using the value of the
screen
variable as the number of
headers to display.
See
Appendix D
for a description
of the
screen
variable.
If you have more than one screenful
of messages, you can move forward or backward one screenful with the
z
command.
If you specify a message number, the
headers
command displays the screenful that includes the specified message.
|
hold [msg_list]
ho [msg_list]
preserve [msg_list]
pre [msg_list]
|
Holds, or preserves, the current message
or the specified messages in your system mailbox instead of moving them to
your
mbox
file. |
if condition
i condition
else
e
endif
en
|
Construction for conditional
execution of
mailx
subcommands.
Subcommands following
if
are executed if
condition
is True.
Subcommands following
else
are executed if
condition
is not True.
An
else
is not required but the
endif
is required.
The
condition
can be
send
for sending mail, or
receive
for receiving mail. |
ignore
[field...]
|
Sets
mailx
to display messages without the specified fields of the header when you use
the
print
or
type
command.
This command
is different from the
ignore
variable described in
Appendix D.
If you enter the
ignore
command
with no arguments, the current list of ignored fields is displayed. |
list
l
|
Displays a list of valid
mailx
subcommands. |
local
|
Lists other names for the
local host. |
mail user_name
m user_name
|
Sends a message to the specified
user. |
mbox
[msg_list]
|
Marks the current message
or the specified messages to be moved to your
mbox
file.
This is helpful if you have set the
hold
variable in your
.mailrc
file. |
more
[msg_list]
|
Displays the messages in
msg_list
using the defined pager program in
PAGER.
Identical to the
page
subcommand. |
More
[msg_list]
|
Similar to the
more
subcommand, but also displays the ignored header fields.
See
more
and
ignore
subcommands. |
new [msg_list]
New [msg_list]
|
Marks each message in themsg_list
as not having been read.
Identical
to the
unread
and
Unread
subcommands.
|
page
[msg_list]
|
Displays the messages in
msg_list
using the defined pager program in
PAGER.
Identical to the
more
subcommand. |
Page
[msg_list]
|
Similar to
page
but also displays the ignored header fields.
Identical to the
More
subcommand. |
pipe [msg_list] [shell_cmd]
pi [msg_list] [shell_cmd]
| [msg_list] [shell_cmd]
|
Pipes the
msg_list
through the
shell_cmd.
The message
is treated as being read.
If no arguments are given, the current message is
piped through the command given in
cmd.
If the
page
option is set, a formfeed is inserted after each message. |
next
n
+
[Return]
|
Displays the next message.
|
Print [message]
P [message]
Type [message]
T [message]
|
Displays the current message
or the specified message, including any header fields specified by the
ignore
command. |
print [message]
p [message]
type [message]
t [message]
|
Displays the current message
or the specified message without any header fields specified by the
ignore
command. |
quit
q
|
Leaves the
mailx
program and updates your system mailbox.
If you do not have the
hold
variable set, all messages that you have not deleted, saved,
or preserved are moved to your
mbox
file.
If you do have
hold
set, all these messages will be left in your system mailbox
and marked as having been read.
Use the
exit
subcommand
to end the session without saving messages. |
Reply
R
Respond
|
Replies to a message.
If
the original message was addressed to a group of people, replies sent with
the
Reply
and
Respond
commands are sent
only to the originator of the message. |
reply
r
respond
|
Replies to a message.
If
the original message was addressed to a group of people, replies sent with
the
reply
and
respond
commands are sent
to everyone who received the original message. |
retain
[field_list]
|
Adds the header fields in
field_list
to the list of headers to be retained when
displaying message with the
print
or
type
subcommands.
Use
type
and
print
to view
messages in their entirety, including fields that are not retained.
If
retain
is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of
retained fields. |
save [msg_list] file
s [msg_list] file
|
Saves the current message
or the specified messages in the file.
The messages are added to the specified
file so that you will not delete the contents of the file. |
Save [msg_list] file
S [msg_list] file
|
Saves the specified messages
in a file whose name is derived from the author of the first message.
The
name of the file is assumed to be the author's name with all network addressing
stripped off. |
set [variable]
se [variable]
|
If entered with no variables,
the
set
command displays all the options you have set.
If you specify a variable, the option will be set.
(Appendix D
lists the available variables.) |
shell
sh
|
Invokes the shell interactively. |
source file
so file
|
Reads mail commands from a file (usually
.mailrc). |
size [msg_list]
si [msg_list]
|
Displays the size in lines and characters
of the messages in
msg_list.
|
top [msg_list]
to [msg_list]
|
Displays the first several
lines in the current message or each of the specified messages.
The number
of lines displayed is specified by the
toplines
variable.
The default is five. |
touch
[msg_list]
|
Marks the messages in
msg_list
to be moved from your system mailbox to your
personal
mbox
when you quit the
mailx
program even though you have not read the listed messages.
The messages appear
in your
mbox
as unread messages.
When you use touch, the
last message in
msg_list
becomes
the current message. |
unalias
alias_list
|
Deletes the specified alias
names. |
undelete msg_list
u msg_list
|
Undeletes the specified messages.
|
unread [msg_list]
Unread [msg_list]
U [msg_list]
|
Marks each message in
msg_list
as not having been read.
Identical to the
new
and
New
subcommands. |
unset [variable]
uns [variable]
|
Unsets (turns off) options.
For example, if your
.mailrc
file includes a
set hold
command, you can use the
unset
command
to disable the
hold
variable for the current
mailx
session. |
version
ve
|
Displays the version banner
for the
mailx
command. |
visual
v
|
Invokes the editor specified
by the
VISUAL
mail variable to edit the current message.
|
write [msg_list] file
w [msg_list] file
|
Saves the current message
or the specified messages in the named file.
This is similar to the
save
command, except that
write
saves only the
body of each message; the headers are deleted. |
z[+]
z-
|
Moves forward or backward
one screenful of messages.
You can specify the number of messages in a screenful
with the
screen
variable.
(See
Appendix D.)
To move forward one full screen, enter
z
or
z+; to move backward, enter
z-. |