.Dd July 22, 2016
.Dt MSORT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm msort
.Nd sort messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl r
.Op Fl f | Fl d | Fl s | Fl F | Fl M | Fl S | Fl U | Fl I
.Op Ar msgs\ ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
sorts messages according to various orders,
and prints, separated by newlines, the resulting message names.
.Po
See
.Xr mmsg 7
for the message argument syntax.
.Pc
.Pp
If no messages are specified,
.Nm
will read filenames from the standard input,
or use the default sequence if used interactively.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl r
Reverse order.
.It Fl f
Sort by
.Sq Li From\&: .
.It Fl d
Sort by date.
.It Fl s
Sort by
.Sq Li Subject\&:
(modulo various variants of
.Sq Li Re\&: ) .
.It Fl F
Sort by filename, using proper order for numbers in filenames.
.It Fl M
Sort by message file modification time.
.It Fl S
Sort by message file size.
.It Fl U
Sort unread messages after read messages.
.It Fl I
Sort flagged messages before unflagged messages.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mmsg 7
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Leah Neukirchen Aq Mt leah@vuxu.org
.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/