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Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/msed.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/msed.1 b/man/msed.1 index 64815e5..09a296b 100644 --- a/man/msed.1 +++ b/man/msed.1 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm msed -.Nd stream editor for transforming mail +.Nd manipulate message headers .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar script @@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ .Nm prints the messages .Ar msgs -with mail headers transformed by the commands in +with message headers transformed by the commands in .Ar script . +.Po See .Xr mmsg 7 for the message argument syntax. +.Pc If no .Ar msgs are passed, @@ -26,14 +28,14 @@ will default to the current message. .Nm scripts are akin to a subset of .Xr sed 1 -scripts, but optimized for modifying mail. +scripts, but optimized for modifying messages. Note that .Nm -unfolds and normalizes mail headers, +unfolds and normalizes message headers, so they may need to be passed through .Xr mmime 7 to ensure RFC 5322 conformance. -The mail body is copied as-is. +The message body is not affected. .Pp .Nm supports the following commands. @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ Multiple commands can be separated by .It Cm \&/ Ns Ar header Ns Cm \&/ Ns Ic a Ns Cm \&/ Ns Ar value Ns Cm \&/ If the header .Sq Ar header Ns Cm \&: -is not set in the message, add it with given +is not set in the message, add it with the given .Ar value . .It Cm \&/ Ns Ar headers Ns Cm \&/ Ns Ic c Ns Cm \&/ Ns Ar value Ns Cm \&/ Change colon-separated headers matching the regular expression @@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ For example, .Sq Li "/x-.*/d" will delete all headers starting with .Sq Li "X-" -(always case insensitive), +.Pq always case insensitive , and .Sq Li "/from:to:cc/d" will delete the headers @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ Substitute matches of the POSIX Basic Regular Expression in headers matching the POSIX Basic Regular Expression .Ar headers , with implicit anchoring to the header name -(or all headers, if omitted), +.Pq or all headers, if omitted , with the string .Ar replacement , expanding |