scan man page on Ultrix

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   3690 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Ultrix logo
[printable version]

scan(1mh)							     scan(1mh)

Name
       scan - produce a one-line-per-message scan listing

Syntax
       scan [ +folder ] [ msgs ] [ options ]

Description
       The  command produces a one-line-per-message listing of the messages in
       the current folder.

       You can scan a folder other  than  the  current	folder	by  using  the
       +folder	argument.   You	 can  use  the msgs argument to produce a scan
       listing of a number of messages or a range of messages in the specified
       folder.	 You  can  also	 use  in  conjunction  with a message sequence
       defined by or See for more information on sequences.

       Each line contains the message number, the date, the From:  field,  the
       Subject:	 field,	 and, if room allows, some of the body of the message.
       The current message is marked with a plus sign (+).

       The command actually reads each of the specified	 messages  and	parses
       them  to extract the desired fields.  If format errors are found in any
       of the messages during parsing, produces appropriate error messages.

       Because MH has been configured with the BERK option, has two additional
       options:	 -reverse and -noreverse.  In addition, updates the MH context
       prior to starting the listing, so interrupting a long listing preserves
       the  new context.  The default configuration file that is supplied with
       MH has the BERK option enabled.

       If encounters a message without a Date: field, the date	is  filled  in
       with  the  last	write  date  of	 the  message,	and an asterisk (*) is
       appended.  This	is  useful  for	 identifying  unsent  message  drafts.
       Unsent drafts are not usually allowed to contain a Date: field, and are
       consequently marked with an asterisk in listings.

Options
       -clear
       -noclear	 Directs to clear the screen.  If the -clear  switch  is  used
		 and  the  output  of is directed to a terminal, then consults
		 the $TERM and $TERMCAP environmental variables	 to  determine
		 your  terminal	 type  in  order  to find out how to clear the
		 screen prior to exiting.  If the -clear switch	 is  used  and
		 the  output  of  is  not directed to a terminal, then sends a
		 formfeed prior to exiting.

       -form formatfile
		 Re-formats the output of according to the instructions in the
		 named	file.	The named formatfile must be in style; see for
		 more details.

       -format string
		 Re-formats the output of according to the instructions in the
		 string	 given.	  The  string  must  be in style; see for more
		 details.  You must place the string argument to this  command
		 in double quotes (").

       -header
       -noheader Produces a header line prior to the listing.  The header line
		 displays the name of the folder and the date and time.	  This
		 can be suppressed using the -noheader option.

       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

       -reverse
       -noreverse
		 Lists the output from in reverse order, from the highest mes‐
		 sage number to the lowest.  The -noreverse option lists  mes‐
		 sages	in  the	 conventional way, from lowest to highest num‐
		 bers.	The -noreverse option is the default.

       -width columns
		 Specifies the width of your screen, in columns.

       The defaults for this command are as follows:

	      +folder defaults to the current folder
	      msgs defaults to all
	      -noheader
	      -width defaults to the width of the terminal

Examples
       The following example produces a listing of messages 11 through	15  in
       the folder
       % scan +inbox 11-15
	 11  18/01 ralph	      Project Plan Meeting Monday<<This
	 12 -21/01 johnson	      squash<<Thought i might postpone
	 13  21/01 smith@ultrixhost   support from US during conversion
	 14  21/01 jjones@subone.dne  new forum for discussion of mail
	 15+ 21/01 calvin@hobbes.uuc  Re: new forum for discussion of m
       In  this	 listing, the plus sign (+) on message 15 indicates that it is
       the current message.  The hyphen (-) on message 12 indicates  that  you
       have replied to the message.  It is produced by the -annotate option to
       see for more information.  If there is sufficient room left on the line
       after  the subject, fills the line with text from the body, preceded by
       <<, and terminated by >> if the body is sufficiently short.

Profile Components
       Path:		      To determine your Mail directory
       Alternate-Mailboxes:   To determine your mailboxes

Files
       The user profile.

See Also
       inc(1mh), mark(1mh), pick(1mh), show(1mh), mh-format(5mh)

								     scan(1mh)
[top]

List of man pages available for Ultrix

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net