Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...

[Bakul Shah]

On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:49 AM, Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bakul,
> 
>> So pick runs -search on header lines as well as the body a header
>> specific option is only run against headers.
> 
> pick(1):
> 
>   This means that the pattern specified for a -search will be found
>   everywhere in the message, including the header and the body, while the
>   other pattern matching requests are limited to the single specified
>   component.
> 
>> And pick matches header line *after* line folding, as tested with
>> Received:
> 
>   Pattern matching is performed on a per-line basis.  Within the header
>   of the message, each component is treated as one long line, but in the
>   body, each line is separate.
> 
>> Conclusion: the man page is not quite accurate! But that is probably
>> ok. 
> 
> Based on the above extracts, it doesn't seem too bad.
> Is there something in particular you think's missing?

No, it is quite accurate. Thanks for doing a better job
of reading than me!