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1.1       root        1: .TH NPTX 8
                      2: .tr ~
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: nptx \- full name permutations
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B nptx
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I nptx
                      9: reads a list of address name pairs on the standard
                     10: input and prints name permutations and the address
                     11: pairs on the standard output.
                     12: nptx is generally used in generation of a full name
                     13: database for
                     14: .IR smail (8).
                     15: The format of an input line is
                     16: .sp
                     17: .ce
                     18: address        name
                     19: .sp
                     20: The address field can contain any address, it is terminated by
                     21: a TAB char (ascii 0x9).  No translation is done on the field.
                     22: The name field consists of whitespace separated names or initials
                     23: with an optional nickname given in parentheses, it is terminated
                     24: by either a newline ascii (0xA) or a ',' (ascii 0x).  All permutations
                     25: of the names and initials are printed.  The only restriction is
                     26: that the last name will appear in each permutation.  The permutations
                     27: are not necesarily unique.
                     28: .SH EXAMPLES
                     29: .nf
                     30: .in +5
                     31: $ echo "[email protected]\tWrecker Burdell(George P.)"|nptx
                     32: Burdell        [email protected]
                     33: W.Burdell      [email protected]
                     34: Wrecker.Burdell        [email protected]
                     35: Burdell        [email protected]
                     36: G.Burdell      [email protected]
                     37: George.Burdell [email protected]
                     38: P.Burdell      [email protected]
                     39: P.Burdell      [email protected]
                     40: G.P.Burdell    [email protected]
                     41: George.P.Burdell       [email protected]
                     42: G.P.Burdell    [email protected]
                     43: George.P.Burdell       [email protected]
                     44: $
                     45: .in
                     46: .SH SEE ALSO
                     47: smail(8), paths(8), mkfnames(8)
                     48: .SH VERSION
                     49: @(#)nptx.8     2.5 (smail) 9/15/87

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