04-28-2011
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Originally Posted by
kristinu
I will, but am wondering about this and try to understand why it returns everything without it. And how the RS=" " solves the problem.
I'm not sure I can explain it any better than what scottn's already tried.
Setting the
RS=' ' sets a list of a space separated entries INTO a multiline record (conceptually speaking). Having a multiline record easily positions itself for using the
/^-/ || /=/ pragma.
Not sure if I'm confusing you more than you deserve
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MU-REMOVE(1) General Commands Manual MU-REMOVE(1)
NAME
mu_remove - remove one or more messages to the database
SYNOPSIS
mu remove <file> [<files>]
DESCRIPTION
mu remove removes specific messages from the database, each of them specified by their filename. The files do not have to exist (anymore).
OPTIONS
mu remove does not have its own options, but the general options for determining the location of the database (--muhome) are available. See
mu-index(1) for more information.
RETURN VALUE
mu remove returns 0 upon success; in general, the following error codes are returned:
| code | meaning |
|------+-----------------------------------|
| 0 | ok |
| 1 | general error |
| 5 | some database update error |
BUGS
Please report bugs if you find them: http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list
AUTHOR
Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
SEE ALSO
mu(1) mu-index(1) mu-add(1)
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