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msh(1)									msh(1)

NAME
       msh - MH shell (only available within the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
       msh [-help] [-prompt string] [file]

OPTIONS
       Prints  a  list of the valid options for this command.  Sets the prompt
       for msh. If the string you  specify  includes  white  space,  you  must
       enclose it in double quotes ("). If you do not specify this option, the
       default prompt is (msh).

       The following defaults are used by msh:

       file defaults to ./msgbox
       -prompt	(msh)

DESCRIPTION
       The command msh is an interactive program that implements a  subset  of
       the  normal  MH	commands  operating  on a single file in packf format.
       That is, msh is used to read a file that contains a number of messages,
       as  opposed to the standard MH style of reading a number of files, each
       file being a separate message in a folder.

       The chief advantage of msh is that, unlike  the	normal	MH  style,  it
       allows a file to have more than one message in it. In addition, msh can
       be used on other files, such as message archives which have been packed
       using packf.

       When  invoked, msh reads the named file, and enters a command loop. You
       can type most of the normal MH commands. The syntax  and	 semantics  of
       these  commands typed to msh are identical to their MH counterparts. In
       cases where the nature of msh would be inconsistent  with  the  way  MH
       works  (for example, specifying a +folder with some commands), msh will
       duly inform you. The commands that  msh	currently  supports  are:  ali
       burst	       comp	     dist	    folder   forw	   inc
       mark	     mhmail	    msgchk   next	   packf	  pick
       prev	      refile   repl	     rmm	    scan	  send
       show sortm	whatnow	     whom

       In addition, msh has a help command which gives a brief overview of all
       the  msh	 options.  To  terminate msh, either type <CTRL/D>, or use the
       quit command. If the file is writable and has been modified, then using
       quit will ask you if the file should be updated.

       A redirection facility is supported by msh. Commands may be followed by
       one of the following standard symbols: Open  an	interprocess  channel;
       connect	output to another command.  Write output to file.  Append out‐
       put to file.

       If file starts with a tilde (~), then a	C-shell-like  expansion	 takes
       place. Note that commands are interpreted by sh(1).

       When  parsing  commands to the left of any redirection symbol, msh will
       honor the backslash (\) as the quote next-character symbol, and	double
       quotes  (")  as quote-word delimiters. All other input tokens are sepa‐
       rated by white space (spaces and tabs).

       You may wish to use an alternative profile for the  commands  that  msh
       executes;  see  mh_profile(4)  for details of the $MH environment vari‐
       able.

RESTRICTIONS
       The msh shell is not the C-shell, and a lot of the facilities  provided
       by  the	latter	are not present in the former. In particular, msh does
       not support back-quoting,  history  substitutions,  variable  substitu‐
       tions, or alias substitutions.

       msh  does  not  understand  back-quoting. The only effective way to use
       pick inside msh is to always use the seq select option. If you add  the
       following  line to your pick will work equally well from both the shell
       and msh:

       pick: -seq select -list

       There is a strict limit of messages per file in packf format which  msh
       can handle. Usually, this limit is 1000 messages.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path: To determine your Mail directory

       Msg-Protect: To set protections when creating a new file

       fileproc: Program to file messages

       showproc: Program to show messages

FILES
       The user profile.  The system customization file.

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), packf(1), sh(1), mh_profile(4)

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