pick Reference Guide

pick: select messages by content

+folder (default: current folder)

Folder name

msgs (default: all)

Message(s) to search

... -and ...

Require both of two conditions

... -or ...

Allow either of two conditions

-not ...

Require opposite of condition

-lbrace ... -rbrace

For grouping: "left brace" ... "right brace"

-to pattern

Messages with pattern in To: field

-cc pattern

lMessages with pattern in cc: field

-from pattern

Messages with pattern in From: field

-subject pattern

Messages with pattern in Subject: field

-date pattern

Messages with pattern in Date: field

--field pattern

Match pattern in miscellaneous header field field

-search pattern

Messages with pattern anywhere

-after date

Messages on or after this Date:

-before date

Messages before this Date:

-datefield field

Date field to use instead of Date:

-sequence name, more...

Store message numbers in sequence name

-public (default for your folders)

Store sequence in folder

-nopublic (default for read-only folders)

Store sequence in user's MH context

-zero (default)

Remove previous contents of sequence

-nozero

Merge into existing sequence, if any

-list (default with no -sequence)

Print message numbers on standard output

-nolist (default with -sequence)

Don't print message numbers

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This file is from the third edition of the book MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers, ISBN 1-56592-093-7, by Jerry Peek. Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This file is freely-available; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, see the file copying.htm.