Re: [Nmh-workers] Getting a list of message numbers into a script

[norm]

David Levine <address@hidden> writes:
>Norm wrote:
>
>> Is there a good way to get a list of message numbers into a bash script,
>> without the prefixes normally attached by mhpath and mark. What I've been
>> doing is something ugly like:
>>
>>
>>      $(mhpath first:3 17 last:4| sed -e "address@hidden/@@" -e 
>> "address@hidden@@"
>>
>> Is there a cleaner way?
>
>Yes, use pick:
>
>$(pick first:3 17 last:4)

Yes, of course  But why do you clog the net with such obvious stuff.:-):-)

    Norman Shapiro