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MMSG(7)			Miscellaneous Information Manual	       MMSG(7)

NAME
       mmsg -- mblaze message argument syntax

DESCRIPTION
       This document outlines the message syntax used by many of the utilities
       in the mblaze(7)	message	system.

       In  general, you	can always specify a filename as a message, if it con-
       tains a `/' character.  (Use `./' to prefix  messages  in  the  current
       directory.)   You  can also specify a maildir folder, which will	be ex-
       panded to all messages in the cur/ directory.

       Ranges have the format `start:stop', where start	and stop are one-based
       indexes into the	sequence.  Negative numbers count from	the  end.   If
       start  is  the  empty  string,  1 will be used instead.	If stop	is the
       empty string, -1	will be	used instead.  Thus, `:' represents the	 whole
       sequence.   If the range	does not contain a `:',	it is considered to be
       a single	message, equivalent to the range `start:start'	of  size  one.
       The special notation `start:+n',	selects	start and the next n messages.

       If  the	sequence is threaded, the following syntax may be used:	`msg='
       refers to the whole thread that contains	msg.   `msg^'  refers  to  the
       parent of the message msg and may be repeated to	refer to grandparents.
       `msg_'  refers  to the subthread	headed by msg (i.e. all	messages below
       msg, with more indentation).

       The following special shortcuts may be used:

       `-'   refers to the message read	directly from the standard input.

       `.'   refers to the current message.  Additionally,  the	 syntax	 `.+N'
	     and  `.-N'	 can be	used to	refer to messages relative to the cur-
	     rent message.

       `+'   refers to the next	message	(like `.+1')

       `.-'  refers to the previous message (like `.-1')

       `$'   refers to the last	message	(like `-1')

       `^'   refers to the current parent message (like	`.^')

       `='   refers to the current thread (like	`.=')

       `_'   refers to the current subthread (like `._')

SEE ALSO
       mblaze(7)

AUTHORS
       Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly	 July 3, 2020			       MMSG(7)

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