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sortm(1)
NAME
  sortm - sort messages (only available within the message handling system,
  mh)

SYNOPSIS
  sortm [msgs] [+folder] [options]

OPTIONS
  -datefield field
      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.

  -help
      Prints a list of all the valid options to this command.

  -verbose

  -noverbose
      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

DESCRIPTION
  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.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path: To determine your MH directory

EXAMPLES
   1.  The following example sorts all the messages in the folder +meetings:
	    % sortm +meetings

   2.  The next example sorts messages 10-30 in the folder called +test:
	    % sortm +test 10-30

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

SEE ALSO
  folder(1)

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