mail -- Send or read mail

mail [-mpqrv] [-f file] [user ...]

Options:
     -f file   Print mail from file instead of default
     -m        Notify each logged-in recipient when mail is sent
     -p        Print mail non-interactively
     -q        Exit on interrupt, leaving mail unchanged
     -r        Print mail in reverse order
     -v        Verbose mode: show version and expanded aliases

If user is present, send each a mail message read from standard input.  Mail
message ends with EOF, a line containing only `.', or a line containing only
`?'; the last moves the message into editor for further editing processing
before transmission.
Commands:
     d         Delete current message; print the next
     m [user ...]
               Mail current message to each user
     p         Print this message again
     q         Quit and update mailbox
     r         Reverse direction of scan through mailbox
     s [file ...]
               Save current message with header in each file
     t [user ...]
               Send message from stdin to each user
     w  [file ...]
               Write current message without header in each file
     x         Exit without updating mailbox
     <newline> Print the next message
     -         Print the previous message
     EOF       Quit and update mailbox; same as q command
     ?         Print a command summary
     !command  Pass command to the shell for execution

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mail -- Electronic mail system


					

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness