IMGREP(1p)

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💌 IMGREP(1p) — the Internet Message commands girlies 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the IMGREP manual page, straight out of the Internet Message commands section. grab a strawberry 🍓, sit down, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

imgrep — search for mail/news messages 🔍💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

imgrep [OPTIONS] [FOLDER] [RANGE]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the imgrep command enumerates mail/news messages matched given patterns. that's it, that's the whole vibe — it goes through your messages and finds the ones that match, periodt. 👑

this command is provided by IM (Internet Message). iykyk. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

so many options, and honestly? every single one of them is iconic. let's go one by one, no skipping, fr fr. 🫶

  • -s, --src=FOLDER,FOLDER... — message source, written like "+folder:[range[,range..]]".

lowkey important: "--src=+xxx" is equivalent to "+xxx". same thing, different font. 💅

  • -f, --format=STRING — the output format. your choices are "number", "folder", or "path".

the default is "number" for a single target folder, and "path" for multiple target folders. the way it just knows what you want based on how many folders you gave it? main character energy honestly. 🌈

  • -c, --casefold={on,off} — case sensitivity. and heads up, this option affects both fieldname and pattern. both of them. not one, both. 😌

default value is "on".

  • -e, --expression=STRING — the search expression. here's what you can use:

usable keyword:

  • & && — logical AND
  • | || — logical OR
  • ! — logical NOT
  • ( ) — parens
  • fieldname=pattern — search pattern for the field

special fieldname:

  • head — entire header
  • body — entire body
  • all — entire message

yes bestie, you can search the whole message with all. we love a thorough queen. 🔥

  • -d, --delimiter=STRING — mail header delimiter.

default value is "\n\n|\n----\n". copy that exactly, don't freestyle it. ✨

  • -D, --dupchecktarget=STRING — duplicate check target. your options are 'none', 'message-id', or 'message-id+subject'. default value is 'none'.
  • -q, --quiet={on,off} — do not show any messages. shhh. 🤫
  • -v, --verbose={on,off} — print verbose messages when running. the opposite of quiet, she's a talker. 💬
  • --debug=DEBUG_OPTION — print debug messages when running. for when you need to know everything. 🐛
  • -h, --help — display help message and exit. the classic.
  • --version — output version information and exit. 🌟

IM (Internet Message) is copyrighted by IM developing team. you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. see the copyright file for more details. 📜

no cap, that license note is real and you should actually read the copyright file. it's giving responsible. 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this one was from IM153, dated 2016-10-10 — an absolute classic, a vintage icon, and honestly? she still slays. bye ily 🦋✨

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