---
name: "htag"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "htag"
version: "0.0.24-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/htag"
---

# htag(1)

Add taglines and sigs to email, news and fidonet messages.

## NAME

htag.pl - Add taglines and sigs to email, news and fidonet messages.

## SYNOPSIS

htag.pl \[*-t* tagfile *-c* cfgfile\] *-m* msgfile

htag.pl *-f* sigfile

htag.pl *-h*

## DESCRIPTION

**htag.pl** is a sigmonster.  It is designed to be extendable in many different ways through its use of plugins.  It might be getting a little bit too sentient in its old age though.

It can be used like this:

htag.pl -m `$1`

`$EDITOR` `$1`

For information on configuration see the **sample.htrc** file

To create signature files, it is tedious to have to work out what will and won't line up.  This is why the *-f* option exists.  Feed it a sigfile and it will replace the @\[0-9\]+\[RC\]?@ bits with required number of spaces so you can see if you got it right or not.  (You could even run it from your favourite editor  e.g. `":! htag.pl -f %"` for vim on the current file.)

## BUGS

Inserting a tagline containing `"@[0-9]+[RC]?@"` has interesting results.

This documentation is useless.  Use The Source Luke.

## FILES

- \~/.htrc

  Config file

## SEE ALSO

http://www.earth.li/progs/htag.html

## AUTHOR

Simon Huggins \<huggie@earth.li\>