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ali(1)
NAME
  ali - list mail aliases (only available within the message handling system,
  mh)

SYNOPSIS
  ali [-alias aliasfile] [-help] [-[no]list] [-[no]normalize] [-user
  useraddr] [-nouser] [aliases...]

OPTIONS
  -alias aliasfile
      Specifies the alias file to be consulted by ali.	You can specify more
      than one alias file, but each aliasfile must be preceded by -alias. In
      addition to any alias files that you specify, ali consults the system
      alias file /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases.

      You can set up an entry in your .mh_profile so that ali automatically
      consults an alias file. To do this, add the Aliasfile entry to your
      profile. See mh_profile(4) for more information.

  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -list

  -nolist
      Prints the addresses on separate lines. If you do not specify the -list
      option, the addresses are separated by commas and printed on as few
      lines as possible.

  -normalize

  -nonormalize
      Instructs ali to try to track down the official hostname of the
      address. This can be suppressed by using -nonormalize. The default is
      -nonormalize.

  -user useraddr

  -nouser
      Displays all the aliases that contain a specific name. Instead of
      listing the addresses that each given alias expands to, ali lists the
      aliases that expand to include each given address. You must specify the
      complete user name that you have used in your alias file.

  The defaults for this command are:

       -alias  /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
       -nolist
       -nonormalize
       -nouser

DESCRIPTION
  The ali command searches the specified mail alias files for each of the
  given aliases. It creates a list of addresses for those aliases, and
  displays that list on the screen.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path:	  Location of your mail directory.

  Aliasfile:
	  Location of your personal alias file.

EXAMPLES
  The following example shows how the -user option can be used to list all
  the aliases containing the address Parker@Venus:

       % ali -user Parker@Venus
       Parker@Venus: Group, Reviewers, Badminton

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
	      The user profile.

  /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
	      The system alias file.

  /etc/passwd The system password file.

  /etc/group  The system group file.

SEE ALSO
  mh-alias(4)

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