Hi Andre, mutt users, * Andre Majorel <aym-t...@teaser.fr> [28. Jul. 2016]: > On 2016-07-25 23:44 +0200, Gregor Zattler wrote: > >> I get status emails in some mail folder which I occasionally >> delete with delete-pattern (bound to "D") and this pattern: >> >> ~s"Cron <grfz@len> nice ionice -c 3 ~/bin/my-notmuch-new-and-tagging" >> ~b^"No new mail." !~b"^Processed" >> >> >> I would like to do this via a folder-hook like this: >> >> folder-hook +root 'push <delete-pattern>~s"Cron <grfz@len> nice ionice -c 3 >> ~/bin/my-notmuch-new-and-tagging" ~b^"No new mail." !~b"^Processed"' >> >> but I don't know how to quote or escape the second argument. I >> always get error messages "too many arguments". >> >> Can anyone please explain what I'm doung wrong? > > Ah, the joys of nested quoting. "push" takes only one argument
that's it! > so you must find a way to make everything from « <delete » to > « Processed" » look like one argument. You could try adding > backslashes before every white space character therein. I did so and had to also quote '"': folder-hook +root 'push <delete-pattern>~s\"Cron\ <grfz@len>\ nice\ ionice\ -c\ 3\ ~/bin/my-notmuch-new-and-tagging\"\ ~b^"No\ new\ mail.\"\ !~b^Processed<enter>' Thank you for your helpful explanation. Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-
