NAME

       ali - list mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

       ali [-alias aliasfile] [-list | -nolist] [-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.

       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.

       The  files specified by the profile entry “Aliasfile” and any additional alias files given
       by the -alias aliasfile switch will be read.  Each alias  is  processed  as  described  in
       mh-alias(5).

FILES

       Alias  files  are  looked  up in multiple locations: if the pathname is absolute or starts
       with “.”  or “..”  then it's accessed directly;  otherwise  tilde  expansion  is  done  on
       usernames,  then files are searched for in the user's Mail directory as specified in their
       profile.  If not found there, the directory “/etc/nmh” is checked.

       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:               To determine the user's nmh directory
       Aliasfile:          For a default alias file

SEE ALSO

       mh-alias(5)

DEFAULTS

       aliasfile           /etc/nmh/MailAliases
       -nolist
       -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.