Mail::Box::Search::Grep(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			      Mail::Box::Search::Grep(3pm)

NAME

       Mail::Box::Search::Grep - select messages within a mail box like grep does

INHERITANCE

	Mail::Box::Search::Grep
	  is a Mail::Box::Search
	  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

	use Mail::Box::Manager;
	my $mgr    = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
	my $folder = $mgr->open('Inbox');

	my $filter = Mail::Box::Search::Grep->new
	   ( label => 'selected'
	   , in => 'BODY', match => qr/abc?d*e/
	   );

	my @msgs   = $filter->search($folder);

	my $filter = Mail::Box::Search::Grep->new
	  ( field => 'To'
	  , match => $my_email
	  );

	if($filter->search($message)) {...}

DESCRIPTION

       Try to find some text strings in the header and footer of messages.  Various ways to limit the search to certain header fields, the whole
       header, only the body, the whole message, but even binary multiparts, are provided for.

       The name grep is derived from the UNIX tool grep, which means: "Get Regular Expression and Print".  Although you can search using regular
       expressions (the Perl way of them), you do not have to print those as result.

METHODS

   Constructors
       Mail::Box::Search::Grep->new(OPTIONS)
	   Create a UNIX-grep like search filter.

	    -Option    --Defined in	--Default
	     binaries	 Mail::Box::Search  <false>
	     decode	 Mail::Box::Search  <true>
	     delayed	 Mail::Box::Search  <true>
	     deleted	 Mail::Box::Search  <false>
	     deliver			  undef
	     field			  undef
	     in 	 Mail::Box::Search  <$field ? 'HEAD' : C<'BODY'>>
	     label	 Mail::Box::Search  undef
	     limit	 Mail::Box::Search  0
	     log	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
	     logical	 Mail::Box::Search  'REPLACE'
	     match			  <required>
	     multiparts  Mail::Box::Search  <true>
	     trace	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'

	   binaries => BOOLEAN
	   decode => BOOLEAN
	   delayed => BOOLEAN
	   deleted => BOOLEAN
	   deliver => undef|CODE|'DELETE'|LABEL|'PRINT'|REF-ARRAY
	     Store the details about where the match was found.  The search may take much longer when this feature is enabled.

	     When an ARRAY is specified it will contain a list of references to hashes.  Each hash contains the information of one match.  A match
	     in a header line will result in a line with fields "message", "part", and "field", where the field is a Mail::Message::Field object.
	     When the match is in the body the hash will contain a "message", "part", "linenr", and "line".

	     In case of a CODE reference, that routine is called for each match. The first argument is this search object and the second a
	     reference to same hash as would be stored in the array.

	     The "PRINT" will call printMatchedHead() or printMatchedBody() when any matching header resp body line was found.	The output is
	     minimized by not reprinting the message info on multiple matches in the same message.

	     "DELETE" will flag the message to be deleted in case of a match.  When a multipart's part is matched, the whole message will be
	     flagged for deletion.

	   field => undef|STRING|REGEX|CODE
	     Not valid in combination with "in" set to "BODY".	The STRING is one full field name (case-insensitive).  Use a REGEX to select more
	     than one header line to be scanned. CODE is a routine which is called for each field in the header.   The CODE is called with the
	     header as first, and the field as second argument.  If the CODE returns true, the message is selected.

	   in => 'HEAD'|'BODY'|'MESSAGE'
	   label => STRING
	   limit => NUMBER
	   log => LEVEL
	   logical => 'REPLACE'|'AND'|'OR'|'NOT'|'AND NOT'|'OR NOT'
	   match => STRING|REGEX|CODE
	     The pattern to be search for can be a REGular EXpression, or a STRING.  In both cases, the match succeeds if it is found anywhere
	     within the selected fields.

	     With a CODE reference, that function will be called each field or body-line.  When the result is true, the details are delivered.
	     The call formats are

	      $code->($head, $field);	       # for HEAD searches
	      $code->($body, $linenr, $line);  # for BODY searches

	     The $head resp $body are one message's head resp. body object.  The $field is a header line which matches.  The $line and $linenr
	     tell the matching line in the body.

	     Be warned that when you search in "MESSAGE" the code must accept both formats.

	   multiparts => BOOLEAN
	   trace => LEVEL

   Searching
       $obj->inBody(PART, BODY)
	   See "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search

       $obj->inHead(PART, HEAD)
	   See "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search

       $obj->search(FOLDER|THREAD|MESSAGE|ARRAY-OF-MESSAGES)
	   See "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search

       $obj->searchPart(PART)
	   See "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search

   The Results
       $obj->printMatch([FILEHANDLE], MATCH)
       $obj->printMatchedBody(FILEHANDLE, MATCH)
       $obj->printMatchedHead(FILEHANDLE, MATCH)

   Error handling
       $obj->AUTOLOAD()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->addReport(OBJECT)
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
       Mail::Box::Search::Grep->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->errors()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
       Mail::Box::Search::Grep->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
       Mail::Box::Search::Grep->logPriority(LEVEL)
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logSettings()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->notImplemented()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->report([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->trace([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->warnings()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

   Cleanup
       $obj->DESTROY()
	   See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->inGlobalDestruction()
	   See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
	   Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that
	   some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not.  Probably you should investigate this and
	   probably inform the author of the package.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.105, built on May 07, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2012-05-07					      Mail::Box::Search::Grep(3pm)