MEWL(1)
NAME
mewl - Message scanner for Mew 4 or later
SYNOPSIS
mewl [options] [folder [range]]
DESCRIPTION
The mewl utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in
folders. This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchronous feature.
The options are as follows:
-a Print all necessary fields when picking.
-b dir Set the Mail home to dir.
- -c bodylen
- Set the max body length to be extracted to bodylen.
- -d field
- Set the field to be extracted to field.
- -e command
- Specify an external command to fetch mailbox.
- -m options
- Specify options for command.
- -f fields
- Specify fields to display.
- -h Display this help message.
- -i file Set the input stream to file.
- -l length
- Set the max field length to be extracted to length. The default value is 3. 0 means no limit.
- -n Don't use fstat().
- -p pattern
- Specify the pick pattern.
- -s src Set message source to src : '+folder range'.
- -w Wait for stdio input to synchronize.
- -v Display the version.
- -x suffix
- Use this suffix.
- Definitions of the symbols above are as follows:
- range N | [start]-[end] | last:N
- pattern 'key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)' | '<pat
- tern>&<pattern>' | '<pattern>|<pattern>'
BUGS
- If a field is long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by
default.