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.\"	@(MHWARNING)
.TH ALI 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
.UC 6
.SH NAME
ali \- list mail aliases
.SH SYNOPSIS
.in +.5i
.ti -.5i
ali
\%[\-alias\ aliasfile]
\%[\-list] \%[\-nolist]
\%[\-normalize] \%[\-nonormalize]
\%[\-user] \%[\-nouser]
aliases\ ...
\%[\-help] 
.in -.5i
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIAli\fR
searches the named mail alias files for each of the given \fIaliases\fR.
It creates a list of addresses for those \fIaliases\fR,
and writes that list on standard output.
If the `\-list' option is specified, each address appears on a separate line;
otherwise, the addresses are separated by commas and printed on
as few lines as possible.

The `\-user' option directs \fIali\fR to perform its processing in an
inverted fashion:
instead of listing the addresses that each given alias expands to,
\fIali\fR will list the aliases that expand to each given address.
If the `\-normalize' switch is given,
\fIali\fR will try to track down the official hostname of the address.

Each \fIalias\fR is processed as described in \fImh\-alias\fR\0(5).
.Fi
^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
^/etc/passwd~^List of users
^/etc/group~^List of groups
.Pr
None
.Sa
mh\-alias(5)
.De
`\-alias @(MHETCPATH)/MailAliases'
.Ds
`\-nolist'
.Ds
`\-nonormalize'
.Ds
`\-nouser'
.Co
None
.Bu
The `\-user' option with `\-nonormalize' is not entirely accurate,
as it does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official
site names.
.En

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