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nptx                         Command                         nptx




Generate permutations of users' full names

nnppttxx

The command nnppttxx reads  an address/name pair (that is, an address
and a  user's full  name), and prints  on the standard  output as
many permutations  of the  user's name as  it can think  of, each
linked to the given address.  A set of such permutations helps to
relieve  a user  of needing  to  know the  exact form  of another
user's name when she wishes to send mail to that user.

When a set of users'  names are filtered through nnppttxx, its output
can be used as a ``full-name  data base'' that can be used by the
COHERENT mail system.

The format of an input line is:


        address name


_a_d_d_r_e_s_s can  contain any  address.  It  is terminated by  a <ttaabb>
character.   _n_a_m_e  consists  of  white-space-separated  names  or
initials,  with  an   optional  nickname  given  in  parentheses,
terminated by either a newline character or a comma.

nnppttxx  prints all  permutations of the  first names  and initials,
with the  last name appearing in  each permutation.  Permutations
are not necesarily unique.

***** Example *****

Given the address/name pair


        chicago!widget!lc       LaMonte Cranston(Shadow)


nnppttxx produces the following set of permutations:


    Cranston        chicago!widget!lc
    L.Cranston      chicago!widget!lc
    LaMonte.Cranstonchicago!widget!lc
    S.Cranston      chicago!widget!lc
    Shadow.Cranston chicago!widget!lc


***** See Also *****

ccoommmmaannddss, mmaaiill, mmkkffnnaammeess, ppaatthhss





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***** Notes *****

The command  mmkkffnnaammeess can read  a file of names  and massage them
into the form expected by nnppttxx.

nnppttxx  assumes European-style  names, i.e.,  that the  family name
comes last (unlike Oriental names, in which the family name comes
first).

















































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