AP(8)AP(8)NAMEap - parse addresses RFC 822-style
SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/libexec/nmh/ap [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width
columns] [-version] [-help] addrs ...
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 RFC 822 format. Hence, it
is usually best to enclose each argument in 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
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 RFC 822-proper format of
the address.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user's profile.
/usr/local/etc/nmh/mts.conf
The mts configuration file.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSOdp(8)
Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822)
DEFAULTS-format As described above.
-width The width of the terminal.
CONTEXT
None
nmh-1.6 December 4, 2013 AP(8)
