Hi Norm,
> If foobar is a message sequence then something like forbar+3, for the
> third message of foobar, would make my life a bit easier.
>
> Even better, would be to allow forbar+3,4 and foobar forbar+3-5. Then,
> recursively, and perhaps a bit fancifully, since forbar+3-5 is a
> message sequence, forbar+3-5+2 would be meaningful. If foobar has had
> a least four messages it would denote the fourth messages of foobar.
It wouldn't be too hard to have something personal that you use with
backticks or $(). A nicer version of
$ M() { local s=${1?} && shift && pick -list $s | sed -n "$*"; }
$ pick last:10
10 hits
$ M lp p
6646
6676
6677
6910
6911
6912
6913
6928
6929
6931
$ M lp '1p; 3p; $p'
6646
6677
6931
$ M lp '7,$d; p'
6646
6676
6677
6910
6911
6912
$
(`lp' is the sequence I have pick(1) set by default.)
Cheers, Ralph.
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