mewls(1)

Usage

mewls [options] [folder [range]]

Overview

The mewls utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders. This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchronous 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 the 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>'

Releases

2 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.

3.0
3.1