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sup-tweak-labels

SUP-TWEAK-LABELS(1)					      General Commands Manual					       SUP-TWEAK-LABELS(1)

NAME

       sup-tweak-labels - batch modification of message state already in index

SYNOPSIS

       sup-tweak-labels [options] source ...

DESCRIPTION

       Batch modification of message state for messages already in the index.

       Supported source URI schemes can be seen by running "sup-add --help".

OPTIONS

       --add, -a labels
	      One or more labels (comma-separated) to add to every message from the specified sources (default: )

       --remove, -r labels
	      One  or more labels (comma-separated) to remove from every message from the specified sources, if those labels are present (default:
	      )

       --query, -q query
	      A Sup search query

OTHER OPTIONS

       --verbose, -v
	      Print message ids as they're processed

       --very-verbose, -e
	      Print message names and subjects as they're processed

       --all-sources
	      Scan over all sources

       --dry-run, -n
	      Don't actually modify the index. Probably only useful with --verbose

       --version
	      Show version information

       --help, -h
	      Show help message

SEE ALSO

       sup-mail(1), sup-add(1)

AUTHOR

       Sup was written by William Morgan <wmorgan-sup@masanjin.net>.

       This manual page was written by Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								   April 9, 2012					       SUP-TWEAK-LABELS(1)

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