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.TH MBOXGREP 1 "24 Mar 2023"
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.SH NAME
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mboxgrep \- displays email messages matching a pattern
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mboxgrep
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.RI [ OPTIONS ]
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.RI PATTERN
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.RI [ MAILBOX ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page refers to
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.B mboxgrep
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version
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.BR 0.7.11 .
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.PP
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.B mboxgrep
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scans a
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.I MAILBOX
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and displays messages matching
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.I PATTERN.
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.PP
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If a mailbox name is ommited, or a single dash (-) is given instead,
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it reads from standard input.
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It can read mbox folders or output from another
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.B mboxgrep
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process from standard input.
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.PP
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.B mboxgrep
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understands POSIX regular expressions, as well as Perl compatible regular
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expressions (if enabled at compile time).
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.I MAILBOX
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can be either a:
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.TP
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\(bu
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mbox folder (either plain or compressed)
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.TP
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\(bu
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MH folder
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\(bu
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Gnus nnmh or nnml folder
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\(bu
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qmail-style maildir folder
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "-h, --help"
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Display a help screen and exit.
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.IP "-V, --version"
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Display version and copyright information and exit.
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.IP "-r, --recursive"
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Descend into directories recursively.
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.IP "-E, --extended-regexp"
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PATTERN is an extended regular expression. This is default.
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.IP "-G, --basic-regexp "
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PATTERN is a basic regular expression.
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.IP "-P, --perl-regexp"
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PATTERN is a Perl regular expression. Works only if enabled at compile time.
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.IP "-e, --regexp=PATTERN"
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Use PATTERN as a regular expression.
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.IP "-i, --ignore-case"
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Ignore case distinctions.
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.IP "-v, --invert-match"
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Select messages which don't match PATTERN.
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.IP "-H, --headers"
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Match PATTERN against message headers.
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.IP "-B, --body"
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Match PATTERN against message body.
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.IP "-l, --file-lock=METHOD"
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Select file locking METHOD. METHOD is `fcntl', `flock', or `none'.
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.IP "-nl, --no-file-lock"
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Do not lock files. This option is meaningful only if a mbox folder (see below)
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is scanned.
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.IP "-c, --count"
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Suppress normal output and print a count of matching messages.
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.IP "-o, --output=FOLDER"
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Suppress normal output and write messages to destination folder FOLDER instead.
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.IP "-p, --pipe=COMMAND"
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Pipe each found message to COMMAND
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.IP "-d, --delete"
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Suppress normal output and delete selected messages instead. Use with
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caution.
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.IP "-nd, --no-duplicates"
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Ignore duplicate messages.
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.IP "-m, --mailbox-format=TYPE"
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Select input and output mailbox TYPE. TYPE can be either `mbox' (default),
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`zmbox' (gzip compressed mbox), `bz2mbox' (bzip2 compressed mbox), `mh', `nnml',
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`nnmh' or `maildir'.
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.IP "-s, --no-messages"
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Suppress most error messages.
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.IP "--debug"
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Print messages useful for debugging.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP
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\(bu
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Search $MAIL for messages from Dirty Harry:
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.PP
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2023-02-10 08:35:50 +00:00
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mboxgrep '^From:.*callahan@sanfranciscopolice\\.org' $MAIL
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.TP
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\(bu
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Display all messages contained in folder ~/Mail/incoming, except those
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that appear to originate from AOL:
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mboxgrep -v 'Received:.*aol\\.com' ~/Mail/incoming
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.SH BUGS
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Report them to address below.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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grep(1),
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regex(7),
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perlre(1),
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mbox(5),
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RFC 2822
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.SH DEDICATION
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Mboxgrep is dedicated in loving memory of Vicky, my cat who died of
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tumor on Sep 12, 2002.
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.PP
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You haven't been long with us, but you gave us a lot of joy and all your
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big heart that stopped ticking too early. I will never forget you. Sleep
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well, little friend.
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.SH URL
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http://www.mboxgrep.org/
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.SH AUTHOR
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2020-12-19 20:56:31 +00:00
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Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar AT datatipp.se>
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