On Wed, Apr/16/2008 12:04:11PM, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> On Tue, Apr/15/2008 11:21:29PM, David Obwaller wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 03:22:26PM -0400, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> > > If this is not possible, is there a way to download all the
> > > matching messages to a local filesystem so I can grep them?
> >
> > I don't think it's possible to show matching lines in mutt. However, you can
> > copy matching mails to a Maildir-type mailbox. Set $mbox_type to Maildir and
> > copy matching mails to a new mailbox.
> >
> > That would be something like
> >
> > :set mbox_type=Maildir<enter> Set mailbox-type to Maildir
> > T[YOUR SEARCH PATTERN]<enter> Tag all matching mails
> > ;C=my_matching_mails<enter> Copy them to a new Maildir-mailbox
> > named
> > 'my_matching_mails'
> >
> > That's in case you didn't remap any of the default keys.
> >
> > Maildir-style mailboxes save messages in different files, so you can grep
> > through them.
> >
> > $ grep -Hni [YOUR SEARCH PATTERN] my_matching_mails/{cur,new,tmp}/*
> >
> > Problem is the overhead of typing the search pattern twice, once for mutt
> > and
> > once for grep. Maybe one could write a macro/script-combo for this purpose.
> > Or you could convert your mailboxes to Maildirs.
> >
> > Also, you maybe want to have a look at mboxgrep. It's a tool for searching
> > through multiple mailboxes. It's also possible to save matching messages to
> > a
> > new mailbox. I don't know if you can save to a Maildir mailbox though.
> >
> > HTH,
> > David
>
>
> This worked wonders. Thanks much!
I've encountered a "this *used* to work" scenario. I'm now getting the
below error on the ;C=my_matching_mails command:
my_matching_mails/ is not a mailbox
Does the directory need to have certain properties?
-Ethan
>
> -Ethan
