Re: grepmail problem (resend)

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Dan Pritts wrote:

,> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:32:03AM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Dan Pritts wrote:
>>
>>> The syntax you are using searches the file saved-mutt
>>> for the string mutt.
>>>
>>> You probably want something like
>>>
>>> grepmail -b mutt /var/spool/mail/holtzman > saved-mutt
>>>
>>> Substitute the actual location of your inbox folder for the /var/spool/mail
>>> file i mention.
>
> a clarification, when i said "folder" i meant mbox file, sometimes 
called
> a mail folder.  I didn't mean a directory on the filesystem.
>
>> That's a little confusing because one of the examples in the man page is
>>
>> grepmail -hb "Pilot" saved-mail*
>
> that will search all files  beginning with "saved-mail" for the string
> "Pilot" in the header.  It will output the results to standard output
> (which is what your original command did, too, but since it was searching
> an empty file it didn't find anything).
>
>> subject is in before I search? I was under the impression the entire
>> contents of the /mail directory would be searched. Could you please
>> clarify this?
>
> It'll search whatever file(s) you tell it to.  If you want multiple files
> you just specify that; or you can use the -r option to do it recursively on a
> directory and all the files and directories in it.
>
> e.g.:
>
>  grepmail -b mutt /home/holtzm/mail/* > saved-mutt
>
>  grepmail -br mutt /home/holtzm/mail > saved-mutt
>
> The previous two are not identical; the first will only search files
> in /home/holtzm/mail, whereas the second will recurse subdirectories.

I think I must be losing it in my old age. I completely forgot the -R 
option (You wrote -r. Did you mean -R?)

Thanks again.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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