sortm - sort messages (only available within the message
handling system, mh)
sortm [msgs] [+folder] [options]
Specifies the name of the header field to use when making
the date comparison. If you have a special field in each
message, such as Delivery-Date:, then the -datefield
switch can be used to tell sortm which field to examine.
If you do not give this option, the default is to use the
Date: header field. Prints a list of all the valid
options to this command. Displays the general actions
that it is taking to place the folder in sorted order. The
-noverbose option performs these actions silently. The
default is -noverbose.
The default settings for this command are:
+folder defaults to the current folder
msgs defaults to all
-datefield date
-noverbose
The command sortm sorts all the messages in the current
folder into chronological order according to the contents
of the Date: fields of the messages.
By default, sortm sorts all the messages in the current
folder. You can select particular messages in the folder
by giving a range of messages. You can also sort messages
in another folder by specifying the folder name.
If sortm encounters a message without a Date: field, or if
the message has a Date: field that sortm cannot parse, it
attempts to keep the message in the same relative position.
However, this does not always work; for instance, if
the first message encountered lacks a date which can be
parsed, then it will usually be placed at the end of the
messages being sorted.
When sortm complains about a message which it cannot
order, it complains about the message number prior to
sorting.
Path: To determine your MH directory
The following example sorts all the messages in the folder
+meetings: % sortm +meetings The next example sorts messages
10-30 in the folder called +test: % sortm +test
10-30
The user profile.
folder(1)
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