Man page - mewl(1)

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Package:  mew-beta-bin
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• mewl(1)
• mewencode(1)
• mewest(1)
• incm(1)
• mewdecode(1)
• cmew(1)
• smew(1)
• mewstunnel(1)
• mew-pinentry(1)
• mewcat(1)
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Package:  mew-bin
apt-get install mew-bin

Manuals in package:
• mewl(1)
• mewencode(1)
• mewest(1)
• incm(1)
• mewdecode(1)
• cmew(1)
• smew(1)
• mewstunnel(1)
• mew-pinentry(1)
• mewcat(1)
Documentations in package:
• mew-bin

Manual

MEWL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
BUGS

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NAME

mewl - Message scanner for Mew 4 or later

SYNOPSIS

mewl [ options ] [ folder [ range ]]

DESCRIPTION

The mewl 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 bodylen

Set the max body length to be extracted to bodylen .

-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 max field 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		Wait for stdio input to synchronize.
	-v		Display the version.

-x suffix

Use this suffix .

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.

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