1MEWL(1)                     General Commands Manual                    MEWL(1)
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NAME

6       mewl - Message scanner for Mew 4 or later
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SYNOPSIS

9       mewl [options] [folder [range]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  mewl  utility  extracts  necessary  fields from messages stored in
13       folders.  This command is necessary for Mew to implement the  asynchro‐
14       nous feature.
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16       The options are as follows:
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18       -a      Print all necessary fields when picking.
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20       -b dir  Set the Mail home to dir.
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22       -c bodylen
23               Set the max body length to be extracted to bodylen.
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25       -d field
26               Set the field to be extracted to field.
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28       -e command
29               Specify an external command to fetch mailbox.
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31       -m options
32               Specify options for command.
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34       -f fields
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37       -h      Display this help message.
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39       -i file Set the input stream to file.
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41       -l length
42               Set  the  max  field  length  to  be  extracted to length.  The
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45       -n      Don't use fstat().
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47       -p pattern
48               Specify the pick pattern.
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50       -s src  Set message source to src : '+folder range'.
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52       -w      Wait for stdio input to synchronize.
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54       -v      Display the version.
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56       -x suffix
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59               Definitions of the symbols above are as follows:
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61       range   N | [start]-[end] | last:N
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63       pattern ´key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)' |  '<pat‐
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BUGS

68       If  a  field  is  long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by
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73                                 March 5, 2003                         MEWL(1)
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