Are there any good maildir manipulation utilities out there?

[Dan Ritter]

Chris Green wrote: 
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:43:48AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > On 07Apr2021 18:34, Kurt Hackenberg <kh at panix.com> wrote:
> > >On 2021/04/07 18:16, Kurt Hackenberg wrote:
> > >>On 2021/04/07 17:01, Chris Green wrote:
> > >>>I'm looking for a tool which will allow me to search through a large
> > >>>hierarchy of maildir messages and then provide actions to take on the
> > >>>matched messages.

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> Yes, that was just one typical requirement.  The other major
> requirement is rather different.  I have (for example) lots of
> messages about orders from Screwfix which are currently spread around
> in various sub-directories of 'shopping'.  For suppliers like Screwfix
> from whom I buy a lot of rather mixed up sort of items it now makes
> sense to me to keep them all in a Screwfix directory.  So the
> requirement is to find all messages from Screwfix and put them in one
> directory.
> 
> 
> > I suspect Chris may need to roll his own. I'd imagine something like:
> > 
> >     find message paths using mairix \
> >     | move message files sideways, making sure there's no conflicts
> > 
> Yes, I think it may have to be a roll my own something like this.
> It's just that mairix doesn't provide a very good 'handle' to use.

Have you added a mairix search => maildir integration in your
muttrc?

The Screwfix case would be:

macro index <F8> "<enter-command>set my_cmd = \`/usr/local/bin/mairixsearch\`<return><enter-command>push \$my_cmd<return>" "search messages"

macro index <F9> "<change-folder-readonly>~/results<enter><limit>.<enter>" "display search results"

F8 f screwfix
F9
# tag or untag or whatever until you've got the right ones
;s =screwfix

Would that work for you?

-dsr-