MHPARAM (1)

SYNOPSIS

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mhparam \%[components] \%[-all] \%[-component] \%[-nocomponent] \%[-version] \%[-help] -.5i

DESCRIPTION

Mhparam writes the value of the specified profile component to the standard output separated by newlines. If the profile component is not present, the default value (or nothing if there is no default) is printed.

If the switch `-component' is given, then the component name is displayed along with the profile components value. This can be disabled with the switch `-nocomponent'.

If more than one component is specified in the `components' list, then the switch `-component' is on by default. If only one component is specified, then the switch `-nocomponent' is on by default.

If `-all' is specified, then all components in the nmh profile are displayed and other arguments are ignored.

Examples:

\w'AliasFile:'u+2n
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% mhparam path
Mail

% mhparam mhlproc
/usr/lib/nmh/mhl

% mhparam -component path
Path: Mail

% mhparam AliasFile rmmproc
AliasFile: aliases
rmmproc: rmmproc

% mhparam -nocomponent AliasFile rmmproc
aliases
rmmproc
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Mhparam is also useful in back-quoted operations:

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% fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`

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^$HOME/.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile mh-profile\|(5) `-nocomponent' if only one component is specified `-component' if more than one component is specified `components' defaults to none None