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.TH PICK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
pick \- search for messages by content
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
+.na
.B pick
.RI [ +folder ]
.RI [ msgs ]
show\0`pick\0\-before\0friday`
.fi
.RE
-
+.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Pick
searches within a folder for messages with the specified
.B scan
as well.
.PP
-Regardless of the operation of the
-.B \-list
-switch, the
+The
.B \-sequence
.I name
switch may be given once for each sequence the user wishes to define.
defines a new message sequence for the current folder called
\*(lqfred\*(rq which contains exactly those messages that were selected.
.PP
-Note that whenever
-.B pick
-processes a
-.B \-sequence
-.I name
-switch, it
-sets
-.BR \-nolist .
-.PP
By default,
.B pick
will zero the sequence before adding it. This
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
.fi
as a single token by the shell that invokes
.BR pick .
Therefore, one
-must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
+must usually place the argument to this switch inside quotes.
Furthermore, any occurrence of
.B \-datefield
must occur prior to the