1 # $NetBSD: mail.tildehelp,v 1.5 2007/06/05 17:50:23 christos Exp $ 2 ----------------------------------------------------------- 3 The following ~ escapes are defined: 4 ~? Print this message 5 ~~ Quote a single tilde 6 ~. Same as . 7 ~@ [file ...] Add or edit attachments 8 ~h Prompt for subject and to, cc, bcc, and smopts lists 9 ~b users Add users to "blind" cc list 10 ~c users Add users to cc list 11 ~t users Add users to to list 12 ~s subject Set subject 13 ~w file Write message onto file 14 ~d Read in dead.letter 15 ~r file Read a file into the message buffer 16 ~|command Pipe the message through the command 17 ~^command Same as ~| 18 ~f messages Read in messages 19 ~< file Same as ~f 20 ~<!command Insert the output of command in the message 21 ~i name Insert the value of the named variable 22 ~A Equivalent to iSign 23 ~a Equivalent to isign 24 ~F messages Same as ~f, but keep all header lines 25 ~m messages Read in messages, right shifted by a tab 26 ~M messages Same as ~m, but keep all header lines 27 ~e Edit the message buffer (using ed or $EDITOR) 28 ~v Invoke display editor (vi or $VISUAL) on message 29 ~p Print the message buffer 30 ~C Dump core 31 ~q Quit, save partial message in dead.letter 32 ~x Quit, do not save dead.letter 33 ~!command Invoke the shell 34 ~_ mail-cmd Perform the command-level request 35 ~: mail-cmd Same as ~_ 36 ----------------------------------------------------------- 37
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