Re: [Nmh-workers] Getting a list of message numbers into a script

David Levine <levinedl(_at_)acm(_dot_)org> writes:

> Norm wrote:
>
> > Is there a good way to get a list of message numbers into a bash script,
> > without the prefixes normally attached by mhpath and mark. What I've been
> > doing is something ugly like:
> >
> >
> >      $(mhpath first:3 17 last:4| sed -e "s@.*/@@" -e "s@\n@@"
> >
> > Is there a cleaner way?
>
> Yes, use pick:
>
>     $(pick first:3 17 last:4)
>
> David

Or scan:

    $ scan -format '%(msg)' +done first:3 17 last:4
    1
    2
    3
    17
    4482
    4483
    4484
    4485

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