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1.1     ! root        1: .ip \fBsave\fP
        !             2: It is often useful to be able to save messages on related topics
        !             3: in a file.  The
        !             4: .b save
        !             5: command gives you ability to do this.  The
        !             6: .b save
        !             7: command takes as argument a lit of message numbers, followed by
        !             8: the name of the file on which to save the messages.  The messages
        !             9: are appended to the named file, thus allowing one to keep several
        !            10: messages in the file, stored in the order they were put there.
        !            11: If the named file is preceded by the pipe symbol
        !            12: .q "|"
        !            13: the messages will be piped to the specified command.
        !            14: The
        !            15: .b save
        !            16: command can be abbreviated to
        !            17: .b s .
        !            18: An example of the
        !            19: .b save
        !            20: command relative to our running example is:
        !            21: .(l
        !            22: s 1 2 tuitionmail
        !            23: .)l
        !            24: An example of saving to a hardcopy device is:
        !            25: .(l
        !            26: s 1 2 | opr
        !            27: .)l
        !            28: .b Saved
        !            29: messages are not automatically saved in
        !            30: .i mbox
        !            31: at quit time, nor are they selected by the
        !            32: .b next
        !            33: command described above, unless explicitly specified.

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