List aliases from an alias database.

Syntax

ALIAS SHOW [alias-name]

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ATTRIBUTES	None
/LIST	None
/NOWILD	None

Parameters

alias-name

Optional parameter specifying the name of the alias to show. Alias name may contain wild cards.

Description

Use the ALIAS SHOW command to list one or more aliases in an alias database. Aliases from the currently open alias database will be shown. If no alias database is open, then your personal alias database is first opened.

When the optional alias name parameter is omitted, all aliases from the database are listed. Use the /ATTRIBUTES qualifier to show the characteristics associated with each alias (e.g., public, private, expand, no expand, etc.). To also show the contents of any mailing lists associated with the displayed aliases, specify /LIST.

Qualifiers

/ATTRIBUTES

Show characteristics of each displayed alias.

/LIST

Show the contents of any mailing lists (i.e., distribution lists) associated with the displayed aliases.

/NOWILD

Treat the wild card characters * and % as being literal asterisks and percent signs. If the alias names contains either of these two characters and /NOWILD is not specified, then an error will be signalled and no entry in the database made.

Examples

In the following example, the first command lists all aliases beginning with "MR". Their attributes are displayed as well. The second comand lists all aliases in the database.

EMAIL> ALIAS SHOW/ATTRIBUTES MR* Alias Value -------------------- ------------------------------------------- mro mrochek@example.com /PRIVATE/NOEXPAND/BLOCK_RECEIPTS/MAIL_ADDRESS/NOFAX_ADDRESS mrochek mroceck@example.com /PRIVATE/NOEXPAND/BLOCK_RECEIPTS/MAIL_ADDRESS/NOFAX_ADDRESS EMAIL> ALIAS SHOW Alias Value -------------------- ------------------------------------------- betty bjohnson@eng.unical.com mro mrochek@example.com mrochek mroceck@example.com steve-fax "/fn=1 714 555 1212/at=Steve Ray/"@text-fax sue st012@sun02.admin.yoyodyne.com EMAIL>