Re: Output matching line in message body on ~b pattern match
On Thu, Jul/17/2008 11:09:32PM, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> 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?
The answer to this was that the directory could not already
be in existence. If foo/ already exists, MUTT errors with
"foo is not a mailbox". If I provide a directory that does
not yet exist, MUTT creates the directory and saves the mail
messages to it.
-Ethan
>
> -Ethan
>
> >
> > -Ethan