show
PURPOSE
Shows messages.
SYNOPSIS
show [+folder][msgs][-draft][-header][-noheader]
[-showproc program][-noshowproc][switches
for showproc][-help]
DESCRIPTION
The show command is used to display a list of messages.
show is part of the MH (Message Handling) package and can
be used with other MH and AIX commands.
The show command sends a listing of each of the specified
messages to standard output. If standard output is not a
display, show lists each message with a one-line header
and two separation lines.
The show command invokes a program to perform the
listing. The system default is /bin/pg. You can define
your own default with the showproc: entry in
$HOME/.mh_profile. If you set showproc: entry to mhl,
show calls an internal mhl routine instead of the mhl
command. You can also specify the program to perform a
listing in the cmdstring of the -showproc flag.
The show command passes any flags that it does not recog-
nize to the program performing the listing. Thus, you
can specify flags for the listing program, as well as the
flags described in this command section.
If the Unseen-Sequence entry is present in
$HOME/.mh_profile and is not empty, show removes each of
the messages shown from each sequence named by the
profile entry.
FLAGS
-draft Shows the file
user_mh_directory/draft if it
exists.
+folder msgs Specifies the messages that you want
to show. msgs can be several mes-
sages, a range of messages, or a
single message. You can use the
following message references when
specifying msgs:
num first prev
cur . next
last all sequence
The default message is the current
message in the current folder. If
several messages are specified, the
last message shown becomes the
current message.
-header Displays a one-line description of
the message being shown. The
description includes the folder name
and the message number. If you show
more than one message, this flag
does not produce message headers.
This flag is the default.
-help Displays help information for the
command.
-noheader Does not display a one-line
description of each message being
shown.
-noshowproc Uses /bin/cat to perform the
listing.
-showproc cmdstring Uses the specified command string to
perform the listing.
PROFILE ENTRIES
Current-Folder: Sets your default current folder.
Path: Specifies your user_mh_directory.
showproc: Specifies the program used to show
messages.
Unseen-Sequence: Specifies the sequences used to keep
track of your unseen messages.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The MH user profile.
user_mh_directory/draft The draft file.
RELATED INFORMATION
Other commands: "mhl," "next," "pick," "prev,"
"scan," "sendmail."
The mh-format, mh-mail, and mh-profile files in AIX Oper-
ating System Technical Reference.
The "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Man-
aging the AIX Operating System.