NAME

       mhparam - print nmh profile and context components

SYNOPSIS

       mhparam [components] [-all] [-component | -nocomponent] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       mhparam  writes  the  value  of  the  specified  profile  component to the standard output
       separated by newlines.  If the profile component is not present,  the  default  value  (or
       nothing if there is no default) is printed.

       If  the  switch  -component  is given, then the component name is displayed along with the
       profile components value.  This can be disabled with the switch -nocomponent.

       If more than one component is specified in the components list, then the switch -component
       is  on by default.  If only one component is specified, then the switch -nocomponent is on
       by default.

       If -all is specified, then all components in the  nmh  profile  are  displayed  and  other
       arguments are ignored.

       Examples:

            % mhparam path
            Mail

            % mhparam mhlproc
            /usr/lib/mh/mhl

            % mhparam -component Path
            Path: Mail

            % mhparam AliasFile rmmproc
            AliasFile: aliases
            rmmproc: rmmproc

            % mhparam -nocomponent AliasFile rmmproc
            aliases
            rmmproc

            % mhparam path nonexistent context
            Path: Mail
            context: context

       mhparam is also useful in back-quoted operations:

            % fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`

EXIT STATUS

       mhparam returns the number of components that were not found.

FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile
       or $MH                     Rather than the standard profile
       <mh-dir>/context           The user context
       or $MHCONTEXT              Rather than the standard context

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       context:             To determine the context file

SEE ALSO

       mh-profile(5)

DEFAULTS

       `-nocomponent' if only one component is specified
       `-component' if more than one component is specified
       `components' defaults to none

CONTEXT

       None