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ap(8)									 ap(8)

NAME
       ap - Parses addresses RFC 822-style

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/mh/ap  [-form  file] [-format string] [-help] [-[no]normalize]
       [-width columns] addrs...

OPTIONS
       Overrides the default output format of ap.   The	 output	 is  formatted
       according  to  the  instructions in the specified file.	This must be a
       format file; see mh-format(4).  Overrides the default output format  of
       ap.  The output is formatted according to the instructions in the spec‐
       ified string.  This must be a format string; see mh-format(4).

	      The argument to the -format option must be interpreted as a sin‐
	      gle  token  by  the shell that invokes ap. Therefore, you should
	      usually place the argument to this option inside	double	quotes
	      (").   Prints  a list of the valid options to this command.  The
	      -normalize option tells ap to try to find the official host name
	      of  the address. This is the default behavior, which can be sup‐
	      pressed using the -nonormalize option.  Specifies the  width  of
	      the screen in columns.

DESCRIPTION
       The  ap	program	 parses addresses according to the ARPA Internet stan‐
       dard.  It also understands many nonstandard formats. It is  useful  for
       seeing how MH will interpret an address.

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

       In addition to the standard escapes, ap also recognizes the  additional
       escape  error,  which  is  a diagnostic that is returned if the parsing
       operation failed.

       The default settings for the ap command are -normalize and -width  col‐
       umns, where columns is equal to the the width of the terminal.

RESTRICTIONS
       On systems where MH is configured with the BERK option, address parsing
       is not enabled.

EXAMPLES
       This is the default format string used by ap:

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

       If an error was detected, the preceding string instructs	 ap  to	 print
       the  error,  a  colon (:), and the address that is in error. Otherwise,
       the ap command output is the proper RFC 822 format of the address.

FILES
       User profile.  System customization file.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: dp(8)

       Files: mh-format(4)

       Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822)

									 ap(8)
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