AP(8)AP(8)NAMEap - 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 ALSOdp(8),
Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages
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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.
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