PQ(7) PQ(7) NAME pq - telephonet directory assistance SYNOPSIS pq [ option ... ] query DESCRIPTION Pq queries `Post' directory assistance computers for infor- mation from the AT&T phone book. A normal query is a name, in the form first.middle.middle2.last,suffix, where only last is required. Earlier names may be truncated, even to a null string, and extra punctuation may be dropped. Other fields can be specified, in the form attribute=value, with fields separated by /. The attributes are pn name personal (full) name; for prefix match on last name, append * or ...; for phonetic search, append or prepend ? first, middle, middle2, last, suffix parts of name, prefix-matched except for suffix pid, ssn personnel identification number, social security number org organization code tl title: abbreviated or prefix-matched; e.g. tl=dh, tl=dep.he tel phone number: (908)582-6050, punctuation optional, parts may be omitted from left area, exch, ext parts of phone number loc location code; for prefix match, append * room, street, city, state, zip parts of address, prefix-matched except for state ema email address; for prefix match, append * multi which of multiple addresses for one employee; e.g. multi=2 The options are PQ(7) PQ(7) -l The query is a location code. -o format Provide output in the specfied format, a string like that of printf(3), with format codes being attribute names. EXAMPLES pq penzias pq a.a.penzias pq ema=research!aap Three ways to find a person. pq loc=mh/room=2b519 Find members of an office. pq -l mt Find information about a location. pq -o "%24pn %10org %6loc %6room %12tel %ema" a.a.penzias The default output format. FILES $POST/lib/dispatch directory configuration file SEE ALSO tel (7)