On Thursday Apr 24 2014, bulgin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is version 0.9.9 the latest?
>
> I've noticed that some of the commands don't work.  For example, running:
>
> mu find 'pic*'
>
> when there is an attachment that has the name selfie-pics.jpg

'pic*' matches things that start with 'pic', it's not a sub-string
match.

> simply shows available help, rather than enumerating the message.

that's a bit surprising.

> also, the man pages state that running
>
> mu extract
>
> should enumerate all messages with attachments, but this does not work 
> either.

That's not what the manpage states -- mu extract is to extract / show
mime-parts from messages.

> However, running from the same command line:
>
> mu find *charles* 
>
> finds messages with from containing charles.

Note that when using '*', you must quote them (or the shell will expand
them). Also, wildcards can only appear as the *last* part of a search
term, not at the start.

It's recommended you use a bit newer version than 0.9.9.

Cheers,
Dirk.


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