man > flist(1mh)

FLIST(1mh)                                                                                FLIST(1mh)

NAME
       flist, flists - list the number of nmh messages in given sequences

SYNOPSIS


       flist [-help] [-version] [+folder1 [+folder2 ...]]  [-sequence name1 [-sequence name2 ...]]
            [-all | -noall] [-showzero | -noshowzero] [-recurse | -norecurse] [-fast | -nofast]
            [-alpha | -noalpha]



       flists is equivalent to flist -all

DESCRIPTION
       flist is used to search a list of folders and display the number of messages in these folders
       that  are  in a given sequence or set of sequences (for example the “unseen” sequence).  This
       is especially useful if you use some mechanism such as slocal or procmail (typically in  con‐
       junction with rcvstore) to pre-sort your mail into different folders before you view it.

       By  default,  the  command flist will search the current folder for the given sequence or se‐
       quences (usually “unseen”).  If (possibly multiple) folders are specified on the command line
       with +folder, then all these folders are searched for the given sequence(s).  flist will dis‐
       play for each folder searched, the number of messages in each of the specified sequences, and
       the total number of messages.

       The -sequence switch specifies the sequence to which messages should belong.  This switch may
       be given multiple times to specify multiple sequences.  If it is not given, then the  default
       is to search for all the sequences specified by the “Unseen-Sequence” profile component.  For
       more details about sequences, read mh-sequence(5).

       Typically,  flist  will  produce a line for each sequence, for every folder that is searched,
       even those which do not contain any messages in the given sequence.   Specifying  -noshowzero
       will cause flist to print only those folder/sequence combinations where the folder has a non-
       zero number of messages in the given sequence.

       If  -recurse is given, then for each folder that is searched, flist will also recursively de‐
       scend into those folders to search subfolders for the given sequence.

       If -fast is given, only the names of the folders searched will be displayed, and  flist  will
       suppress  all  other  output.   If  this option is used in conjunction with -noshowzero, then
       flist will only print the names of those folders searched that  contain  messages  in  in  at
       least one of the specified sequences.

   Multiple Folders
       If  the  -all  switch  is  given (and no folders are specified with +folder), then flist will
       search all the folders in the top level of the users nmh directory.  These  folders  are  all
       preceded  by  the read-only folders, which occur as “atr-cur-” entries in the user's nmh con‐
       text.

       An example of the output of flist -all is:

            /work/Mail  has  5 in sequence unseen (private); out of  46
            inbox+      has 10 in sequence unseen          ; out of 153
            junklist    has  0 in sequence unseen          ; out of  63
            postmaster  has  1 in sequence unseen          ; out of   3

       The “+” after inbox indicates that it is the current folder.

       The “private” flag indicates that the given sequence for that folder is private.  See  mh-se‐
       quence(5) for details about private sequences.

       If  the  option  -all and +folder are both specified, then flist will search this folder, and
       all its first level subfolders for the given sequence.  You may specify multiple  folders  in
       this way.

       If flist is invoked by a name ending with “s” (e.g.  flists), then the switch -all is assumed
       by default.

       The  sorting  order for the listing is alphabetical (with -alpha), or in a priority order de‐
       fined by the “Flist-Order” profile entry (with -noalpha).  Each item in the “Flist-Order”  is
       a  folder name or a folder name pattern that uses * to match zero or more characters.  Longer
       matching patterns have precedence over shorter matching patterns.  For example:

            Flist-Order: personal petproject mh* * admin *junk

       This order puts a few interesting folders first, such as those with  mail  addressed  to  you
       personally, those about a pet project, and those about mh-related things.  It places uninter‐
       esting folders at the end, and it puts everything else in the middle in alphabetical order.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:               To determine the user's nmh directory.
       mh-sequences:       File that contains public sequences.
       Unseen-Sequence:    The name of the unseen message sequence.
       Flist-Order:        To sort folders by priority.

SEE ALSO
       folder(1), rcvstore(1), slocal(1), mh-sequence(5)

DEFAULTS
       -sequence           The Unseen-Sequence profile entry.
       -showzero
       -noall
       -norecurse
       -noalpha
       -nofast

CONTEXT
       If  +folder  is given, it will become the current folder.  If multiple folders are given, the
       last one specified will become the current folder.

nmh-1.8                                      1999-04-30                                   FLIST(1mh)