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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.