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                      8: Generate permutations of users' full names
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                     10: nnppttxx
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                     12: The command nnppttxx reads  an address/name pair (that is, an address
                     13: and a  user's full  name), and prints  on the standard  output as
                     14: many permutations  of the  user's name as  it can think  of, each
                     15: linked to the given address.  A set of such permutations helps to
                     16: relieve  a user  of needing  to  know the  exact form  of another
                     17: user's name when she wishes to send mail to that user.
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                     19: When a set of users'  names are filtered through nnppttxx, its output
                     20: can be used as a ``full-name  data base'' that can be used by the
                     21: COHERENT mail system.
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                     23: The format of an input line is:
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                     26:         address name
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                     29: _a_d_d_r_e_s_s can  contain any  address.  It  is terminated by  a <ttaabb>
                     30: character.   _n_a_m_e  consists  of  white-space-separated  names  or
                     31: initials,  with  an   optional  nickname  given  in  parentheses,
                     32: terminated by either a newline character or a comma.
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                     34: nnppttxx  prints all  permutations of the  first names  and initials,
                     35: with the  last name appearing in  each permutation.  Permutations
                     36: are not necesarily unique.
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                     38: ***** Example *****
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                     40: Given the address/name pair
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                     43:         chicago!widget!lc       LaMonte Cranston(Shadow)
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                     46: nnppttxx produces the following set of permutations:
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                     49:     Cranston        chicago!widget!lc
                     50:     L.Cranston      chicago!widget!lc
                     51:     LaMonte.Cranstonchicago!widget!lc
                     52:     S.Cranston      chicago!widget!lc
                     53:     Shadow.Cranston chicago!widget!lc
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                     56: ***** See Also *****
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                     58: ccoommmmaannddss, mmaaiill, mmkkffnnaammeess, ppaatthhss
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                     64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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                     69: nptx                         Command                         nptx
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                     73: ***** Notes *****
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                     75: The command  mmkkffnnaammeess can read  a file of names  and massage them
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                     78: nnppttxx  assumes European-style  names, i.e.,  that the  family name
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