On 2001-03-26 17:30 -0600, David Champion wrote:
> On 2001.03.26, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Andre Majorel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have large mailboxes (archives of Usenet groups) that I would
> > like to sort by thread. Thought of tagging all articles in the
> > box and saving them to another mailbox (otT^;C) but how do you
> > do that from a shell script (not interactively) ?
>
> mutt -f old-folder -e 'push
>"<tag-pattern>.<enter><tag-prefix><copy-message>new-folder<enter><exit>"'
>
> The words in <angle-brackets> are the key binding symbols for the
> operations you wish performed. Using them is more readable, more
> portable, and often easier to type than entering the binding
> keystrokes. If you need to translate from keystrokes to binding
> symbols, you can look up the keystrokes in your interactive help menu.
Many thanks, this is just what I was looking for. Here is the
exact command I used :
mutt -Rf in -e 'push
"<tag-pattern>^<enter><tag-prefix><copy-message>out<enter>y<enter><quit>"'
"y<enter>" is because Mutt asks for confirmation before
appending to or creating a folder...
--
André Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
