z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

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mailx
and the screen editor is invoked to edit that file. The editor used is given by
the VISUAL variable. See “Environment Variables” on page 385.
w[rite] [refs] filename
Writes the specified messages into the given file. If refs is not specified, the
current message is written. write is the same as save, except that it does
not write out the header lines and the blank line at the end of the message.
x[it] Is the same as the exit command.
z[+|-] Scrolls the header display forward (if z or z+ is specified) or backward (if z-
is specified) one screenful.
! command
Executes the given shell command. For example:
!lc
lists all files in the current directory. The shell that will be used to run the
command is given by the SHELL environment variable. See “Environment
Variables” on page 385.
#comment
Specifies that mailx should ignore everything from the # to the end of the
line. This is useful for putting comments into startup files.
? Is the same as the help command (it displays a summary of the
command-mode subcommands).
= Displays the current message number.
Input-Mode Subcommands
You can use input-mode subcommands when entering the text of a message. You
must type mode subcommands at the beginning of an input line; you cannot type
them in the middle of a line. By default, each input-mode subcommand begins with
the tilde (~) character, called the escape character. You can use the escape
variable to change the escape character, but in the documentation that follows, we
always use tilde.
~. Marks the end of input in a mail message.
~? Displays a summary of the input-mode subcommands.
~A Inserts the autograph string at this point in the message. This autograph
string is given by the Sign variable.
~a Is similar to ~A, except that it uses the variable sign.
~b name ...
Adds the specified names to the blind carbon copy list.
~c name ...
Adds the specified names to the carbon copy list.
~d Reads in the dead.letter file.
~e Invokes an editor on the message that you have composed. The editor
variable determines the editor that is invoked.
~F [refs]
Forwards the given messages. The text of the messages is inserted at this
point in the message you are composing. The message headers are also
inserted with all header fields regardless of the discard, ignore, and retain
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