Provided by: mmh_0.3-3_amd64 
NAME
ali - list mail aliases
SYNOPSIS
ali [-file aliasfile]... [-list | -nolist] [-normalize | -nonormalize] [-user | -nouser] [-Version]
[-help] [aliases ...]
DESCRIPTION
Ali searches the named mail alias files for each of the given aliases. It creates a list of addresses
for those aliases, and writes that list on standard output. If no arguments are given, ali outputs all
alias entries. This can be used to check the format of the alias file for validity.
By default, when an aliases expands to multiple addresses, the addresses are separated by commas and
printed on as few lines as possible. If the -list option is specified, then when an address expands to
multiple addresses, each address will appear on a separate line.
The switch -user directs ali to perform its processing in an inverted fashion: instead of listing the
addresses that each given alias expands to, ali will list the aliases that expand to each given address.
If the -normalize switch is given, ali will try to track down the official hostname of the address.
If no -file aliasfile is given, then the default alias files, as specified by the profile entry
`Aliasfile', will be read. If any alias files are given by -file aliasfile switches, these will be read
instead of the default alias files. Either the default alias files are read or the ones given at the
command line, never both.
Each alias is processed as described in mh-alias(5).
FILES
$HOME/.mmh/profile The user profile
/etc/passwd List of users
/etc/group List of groups
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's mail storage
Aliasfile: For default alias files
SEE ALSO
mh-alias(5)
DEFAULTS
`-nolist'
`-nonormalize'
`-nouser'
CONTEXT
None
BUGS
The -user option with -nonormalize is not entirely accurate, as it does not replace local nicknames for
hosts with their official site names.