.Dd July 27, 2016
.Dt MPICK 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mpick
.Nd filter mail messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl t Ar test
.Op Ar msglist\ ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
prints all matching messages.
.Pp
If used interactively,
.Nm
will default to the current sequence.
Else,
.Nm
will read filenames from standard input.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl T
Include whole thread.
.It Fl t Ar test
Only show messages matching the expression
.Ar test ,
see
.Sx TESTS .
.El
.Sh MSGLISTS
.Nm
message lists (msglist) are mostly compatible with
.Xr mailx 1
are message
specifications used as shortened
.Sx TESTS
and can include:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar n
Message number
.Ar n .
.It Ar n Ns Cm ":" Ns Ar m , Ar n Ns Cm "-" Ns Ar m
An inclusive range of message numbers between
.Ar n
and
.Ar m .
.It Ar address
All messages from
.Ar address .
.It Cm "/" Ns Ar string
All messages with
.Ar string
in the subject line (case ignored).
.It Cm ":" Ns Ar c
All message of type
.Ar c ,
where
.Ar c
shall be one of:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm D
Drafted messages.
.It Cm P
Passed (resent, forwarded or bounced) messages.
.It Cm R
Replied messages.
.It Cm F
Flagged messages.
.It Cm d , Cm T
Deleted messages.
.It Cm n
New messages.
.It Cm o
Old messages.
.It Cm r, Cm S
Read messages.
.It Cm u
Unread messages.
.El
.El
.Sh TESTS
.Nm
tests are given by the following EBNF:
.Bd -literal
<expr>     ::= <expr> || <expr>  -- disjunction
             | <expr> && <expr>  -- conjunction
             | ! <expr>          -- negation
             | ( <expr )
             | <flagprop>
             | <timeprop> <numop> <dur>
             | <numprop> <numop> <num>
             | <strprop> <strop> <str>
             | prune             -- do not match futher messages in thread
             | print             -- always true value

<flagprop> ::= child | draft | flagged | info | new | parent | passed
             | replied  | seen | selected | trashed

<timeprop> ::= atime | ctime | mtime | date

<numprop>  ::= depth | replies | index | size | total

<numop>    ::= <= | < | >= | > | == | = | !=

<dur>      ::= "./path"          -- mtime of relative path
             | "/path"           -- mtime of absolute path
             | "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"
             | "YYYY-MM-DD"      -- at midnight
             | "HH:MM:SS"        -- today
             | "HH:MM"           -- today
             | "-[0-9]+d"        -- n days ago at midnight
             | "-[0-9]+h"        -- n hours before now
             | "-[0-9]+m"        -- n minutes before now
             | "-[0-9]+s"        -- n seconds before now
             | [0-9]+            -- absolute epoch time

<num>      ::= [0-9]+ ( c        -- *1
                      | b        -- *512
                      | k        -- *1024
                      | M        -- *1024*1024
                      | G        -- *1024*1024*1024
                      | T )?     -- *1024*1024*1024*1024
             | cur               -- index of cur message

<strprop>  ::= from | subject | to

<strop>    ::= == | =            -- string equality
             | ===               -- case insensitive string equality
             | ~~                -- glob (fnmatch)
             | ~~~               -- case insensitive glob (fnmatch)
             | =~                -- POSIX Extended Regular Expressions
             | =~~               -- case insensitive POSIX Extended Regular Expressions

<str>      ::= " ([^"] | "")+ "  -- use "" for a single " inside "
             | $[A-Za-z0-9_]+    -- environment variable
.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr lr 1 ,
.Xr mailx 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Christian Neukirchen Aq Mt chneukirchen@gmail.com
.An Duncan Overbruck Aq Mt mail@duncano.de
.Sh LICENSE
.Nm
is in the public domain.
.Pp
To the extent possible under law,
the creator of this work
has waived all copyright and related or
neighboring rights to this work.
.Pp
.Lk http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/