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1.1       root        1: .TH PQ 7
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: pq \- telephonet directory assistance
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B pq
                      6: [
                      7: .I option ...
                      8: ]
                      9: .I query
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Pq
                     12: queries `Post' directory assistance computers
                     13: for information from the AT&T phone book.  A normal
                     14: query is a name, in the form
                     15: .IB first.middle.middle2.last,suffix,
                     16: where only
                     17: .I last
                     18: is required.
                     19: Earlier names may be truncated, even to a null string,
                     20: and extra punctuation may be dropped.
                     21: Other fields can be specified, in the form
                     22: .IB attribute = value,
                     23: with fields separated by
                     24: .BR / .
                     25: The attributes are
                     26: .TP
                     27: .B pn
                     28: .TP
                     29: .B name
                     30: personal (full) name; for prefix match on last name, append 
                     31: .B *
                     32: or
                     33: .BR ... ;
                     34: for phonetic search, append or prepend 
                     35: .B ?
                     36: .HP
                     37: .BR first ,
                     38: .BR middle ,
                     39: .BR middle2 ,
                     40: .BR last ,
                     41: .B suffix
                     42: .br
                     43: parts of name, prefix-matched except for suffix
                     44: .HP
                     45: .BR pid ,
                     46: .B ssn
                     47: .br
                     48: personnel identification number,
                     49: social security number
                     50: .TP
                     51: .B org
                     52: organization code
                     53: .TP
                     54: .B tl
                     55: title: abbreviated or prefix-matched; e.g. 
                     56: .BR tl=dh,
                     57: .B tl=dep.he
                     58: .TP
                     59: .B tel
                     60: phone number: (908)582-6050, punctuation optional, parts may be omitted from left
                     61: .HP
                     62: .BR area ,
                     63: .BR exch ,
                     64: .B ext
                     65: .br
                     66: parts of phone number
                     67: .TP
                     68: .B loc
                     69: location code; for prefix match, append
                     70: .B *
                     71: .HP
                     72: .BR room ,
                     73: .BR street ,
                     74: .BR city ,
                     75: .BR state ,
                     76: .B zip
                     77: .br
                     78: parts of address, prefix-matched except for state
                     79: .TP
                     80: .B ema
                     81: email address; for prefix match, append *
                     82: .TP
                     83: .B multi
                     84: which of multiple addresses for one employee; e.g. 
                     85: .B multi=2
                     86: .PD
                     87: .PP
                     88: The options are
                     89: .TP
                     90: .B -l
                     91: The query is a location code.
                     92: .TP
                     93: .BI -o " format
                     94: Provide output in the specfied
                     95: .I format, 
                     96: a string like that of
                     97: .IR printf (3),
                     98: with format codes being attribute names.
                     99: .SH EXAMPLES
                    100: .PD 0
                    101: .TP
                    102: .B pq penzias
                    103: .TP
                    104: .B pq a.a.penzias
                    105: .TP
                    106: .B pq ema=research!aap
                    107: Three ways to find a person.
                    108: .TP
                    109: .B pq loc=mh/room=2b519
                    110: Find members of an office.
                    111: .TP
                    112: .B pq \-l mt
                    113: Find information about a location.
                    114: .TP
                    115: .B
                    116: pq \-o "%24pn %10org %6loc %6room %12tel %ema" a.a.penzias
                    117: The default output format.
                    118: .PD
                    119: .SH FILES
                    120: .TP 30
                    121: $POST/lib/dispatch
                    122: directory configuration file
                    123: .SH SEE ALSO
                    124: tel (7)
                    125: 
                    126: 

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