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LIST - send messages to a file or to a shell command
Usage: LIST [/switch] filename [message-sequence]
or: LIST [/switch] |"shell-command" [message-sequence]
Unless specified, the message-sequence is "current".
The LIST command copies the message(s) to a file or to a shell command.
The result contains a table of contents (like a HEADERS command) for the
message(s), then a page break, then the message(s). You may specify
one of two /switches, as options:
/headers-only: print only the header (like a HEADERS command).
/separate-pages: put page breaks between messages.
The command LITERAL LIST will print all header fields regardless of settings
of DONT-PRINT-HEADERS or ONLY-PRINT-HEADERS. SET LIST-ON-SEPARATE-PAGES
YES is the same as using /separate-pages every time. SET LIST-INCLUDE-
HEADERS NO will eliminate the table of contents on the first page of output.
The file created with LIST is not a mail file readable by MM (use COPY or
MOVE to create a mail file). LIST does not append to existing files,
so if you use the name of an existing file you will be replacing it.
The first version of the LIST command sends the messages to a file.
MM>list joe 14 #sends message 14 to a file "joe"
MM>list /headers-only hdrs all #sends only the headers, of all
messages, to a file called "hdrs"
The second version of the LIST command is similar, but sends the messages
as input to a shell command. Use the unix pipe symbol (|) and put
quotation marks (") around the shell command. For example, one way of
printing a message is to LIST it to a print command:
MM>list | "print" 14 #sends message 14 to the
shell command "print"
For more help, type "help" and one of these topics:
message-sequence literal print copy move other
set dont-print-headers set only-print-headers
set list-on-separate-pages set list-include-headers
message-sequence |
literal |
print |
copy |
move |
other |
set dont-print-headers |
set only-print-headers |
set list-on-separate-pages |
set list-include-headers |
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