But you have to keep a separate list specially for this. Wouldn't it be
better to use a more complicated mawk command and use it on
~/.kde/share/apps/kab/addressbook.kab? (or wherever your mailer keeps
addresses).
Richard
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Ronald J. Hall, Thursday 21 March 2002 16:02:
> Just got this cool tech tip from Linux Journal. If like me, you hate to
> open an app just to get an e-mail adress that you can't remember, then this
> trick works great (and I suppose you could use your imagination here and
> setup up a list for just about anything, not just e-mails). Hope you like
> it. ;-)
>
> Put this in .bashrc (/home/user, of course):
>
> addy ()
> {
> if [ $# -eq 1 ]
> then
> grep -i "$1" "$HOME/.mail_aliases" | mawk '{ print($3) }'
> else
> echo "Usage: addy <searchstring>"
> fi
> }
>
> Now, use your fav. text editor and create a file named .mail_aliases (or
> whatever - but you'll have to change that entry in .bashrc to match).
>
> Enter your data in the following format (this is like mutt, I think?):
>
> alias username [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> So for example, if I have an entry like:
>
> alias ron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> (Note that "ron hall" would not work, it needs to be a single name, nick,
> or abbreviation)
>
> Then from a term/shell, typing in "addy ron" will return:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Neat, huh? ;-)
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