redhat man page for mewls

Query: mewls

OS: redhat

Section: 1

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

MEWLS(1)						      General Commands Manual							  MEWLS(1)

NAME
mewls - Message scanner for Mew
SYNOPSIS
mewls [options] [folder [range]]
DESCRIPTION
The mewls utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders. This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchro- nous feature. The options are as follows: -a Print all necessary fields when picking. -b dir Set the Mail home to dir. -c dir Set the News home to dir. -d field Set th field to be extracted to field. -e command Specify an external command to fetch mailbox. -m options Specify options for command. -f fields Specify fields to display. -h Display this help message. -i file Set the input stream to file. -l length Set the field max length to be extracted to length. The default value is 3. 0 means no limit. -n Don't use fstat(). -p pattern Specify the pick pattern. -s src Set message source to src : '+folder range'. -w time Set the wait_for timer to timer (microsecond). -v Display the version. Definitions of the symbols above are as follows: range N | [start]-[end] | last:N pattern 'key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)' | '<pattern>&<pattern>' | '<pattern>|<pattern>'
BUGS
If a field is long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by default. March 17, 2001 MEWLS(1)
Related Man Pages
fc-pattern(1) - debian
imgrep(1p) - debian
fc-pattern(1) - plan9
fc-pattern(1) - mojave
fc-pattern(1) - v7
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
File Pattern Matching C++
could not able change permission of /home dir
change file name
Global Pattern - exclude directories
Find max length of the field and then replace zero