On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 04:00:56AM -0700, Sunil Nimmagadda wrote: > This diff adds colon modifiers which could be used to specify lists. >
a slightly modified version of this diff (as we discussed) committed. thanks! jmc > Index: mail.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1,v > retrieving revision 1.60 > diff -u -p -r1.60 mail.1 > --- mail.1 7 Nov 2010 08:05:56 -0000 1.60 > +++ mail.1 12 Jul 2013 10:43:23 -0000 > @@ -206,14 +206,28 @@ Thus > deletes messages 1 and 2, while > .Ic delete 1\-5 > deletes messages 1 through 5. > -The special name > -.Sq * > -addresses all messages and > -.Sq $ > -addresses > -the last message; thus the command > +.Pp > +Some special names could be used to specify a list: > +.Bl -tag -width ":u" > +.It * > +all messages > +.It $ > +last message > +.It :n > +new messages > +.It :o > +old messages > +.It :r > +read messages > +.It :u > +unread messages > +.It :d > +deleted messages > +.El > +.Pp > +For example, > .Ic top > -which prints the first few lines of a message could be used in > +which prints the first few lines of a message could as well be used as > .Ic top * > to print the first few lines of all messages. > .Ss Replying to or originating mail >
