NetBSD/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.tildehelp
mjl fb60b363d0 Added missing mailx tilde escapes that POSIX wants (~<!, ~a, ~A, ~i).
Updated man page and tilde help file for missing ~ escapes.
Closes PR 782 by Simon J. Gerraty after four years and two weeks.
1999-02-17 20:48:48 +00:00

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The following ~ escapes are defined:
~? Print this message
~~ Quote a single tilde
~. Same as .
~h Prompt for to list, subject and cc list
~b users Add users to "blind" cc list
~c users Add users to cc list
~t users Add users to to list
~s subject Set subject
~w file Write message onto file
~d Read in dead.letter
~r file Read a file into the message buffer
~|command Pipe the message through the command
~^command Same as ~|
~f messages Read in messages
~< file Same as ~f
~<!command Insert the output of command in the message
~i name Insert the value of the named variable
~A Equivalent to iSign
~a Equivalent to isign
~F messages Same as ~f, but keep all header lines
~m messages Read in messages, right shifted by a tab
~M messages Same as ~m, but keep all header lines
~e Edit the message buffer (using ed or $EDITOR)
~v Invoke display editor (vi or $VISUAL) on message
~p Print the message buffer
~C Dump core
~q Quit, save partial message in dead.letter
~x Quit, do not save dead.letter
~!command Invoke the shell
~_ mail-cmd Perform the command-level request
~: mail-cmd Same as ~_
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