scan Reference Guide

scan: produce a summary of each message

+folder (default: current folder)

Folder name

msgs (default: all)

Message(s) to list

-clear (default)

Clear screen or print form feed

-noclear

Don't clear screen or print form feed

-form formatfile, more...

Format file for message display

-format string

Format string for message display

-header

Print one-line heading above listing

-noheader (default)

Don't print heading

-width columns (default: terminal width)

Output width

-reverse

Scan from highest to lowest message number

-noreverse (default)

Scan from lowest to highest message number

-file file

UNIX relative or absolute pathname of mailbox-format file to scan

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