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AP(8)							    AP(8)

NAME
       ap - parse addresses 822-style

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/contrib/mh/lib/ap [-form formatfile]
	    [-format string] [-normalize] [-nonormalize]
	    [-width columns] addrs ...
	    [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
       Ap  is  a  program  that parses addresses according to the
       ARPA  Internet  standard.   It	also   understands   many
       non-standard  formats.	It  is	useful for seeing how nmh
       will interpret an address.

       The ap  program	treats	each  argument	as  one	 or  more
       addresses,  and prints those addresses out in the official
       822-format.  Hence, it is usually  best	to  enclose  each
       argument in double-quotes for the shell.

       To   override   the   output   format   used  by	 ap,  the
       `-format string'	 or  `-format file'  switches  are  used.
       This  permits  individual  fields  of  the  address  to be
       extracted with  ease.   The  string  is	simply	a  format
       string,	and  the  file	is  simply  a  format  file.  See
       mh-format (5) for the details.

       In addition to the standard escapes,  ap	 also  recognizes
       the following additional escape:

       Escape  Returns	Description
       error   string	A diagnostic if the parse failed

       If  the `-normalize' switch is given, ap will try to track
       down the official hostname of the address.

       Here is the default format string used by ap:

	    %<{error}%{error}: %{text}%|%(putstr(proper{text}))%>

       which says that if an error was detected, print the error,
       a `:', and the address in error.	  Otherwise,  output  the
       822-proper format of the address.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile		    The user profile
       /usr/contrib/mh/etc/mts.conf	    nmh mts configuration file

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       None

SEE ALSO
       dp(8),
       Standard	 for  the  Format  of ARPA Internet Text Messages

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				1

AP(8)							    AP(8)

       (RFC-822)

DEFAULTS
       `-format' defaults as described above
       `-normalize'
       `-width' defaults to the width of the terminal

CONTEXT
       None

BUGS
       The argument to the `-format' switch must  be  interpreted
       as  a  single  token by the shell that invokes ap.  There-
       fore, one must usually place the argument to  this  switch
       inside double-quotes.

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				2

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