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2The following ~ escapes are defined:
3~?		Print this message
4~~		Quote a single tilde
5~.		Same as .
6~@ [file ...]	Add or edit attachments
7~h		Prompt for subject and to, cc, bcc, and smopts lists
8~b users	Add users to "blind" cc list
9~c users	Add users to cc list
10~t users	Add users to to list
11~s subject	Set subject
12~w file		Write message onto file
13~d		Read in dead.letter
14~r file		Read a file into the message buffer
15~|command	Pipe the message through the command
16~^command	Same as ~|
17~f messages	Read in messages
18~< file		Same as ~f
19~<!command	Insert the output of command in the message
20~i name		Insert the value of the named variable
21~A		Equivalent to iSign
22~a		Equivalent to isign
23~F messages	Same as ~f, but keep all header lines
24~m messages	Read in messages, right shifted by a tab
25~M messages	Same as ~m, but keep all header lines
26~e		Edit the message buffer (using ed or $EDITOR)
27~v		Invoke display editor (vi or $VISUAL) on message
28~p		Print the message buffer
29~C		Dump core
30~q		Quit, save partial message in dead.letter
31~x		Quit, do not save dead.letter
32~!command	Invoke the shell
33~_ mail-cmd	Perform the command-level request
34~: mail-cmd	Same as ~_
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