Implement the -reverse option to pick(1) to change the search order.

diff --git a/man/pick.man b/man/pick.man
index 000da22..9d7cdcf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/pick.man
+++ b/man/pick.man
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pick \- search for messages by content
 .B pick
 .RI [ +folder ]
 .RI [ msgs ]
+.RB [ \-reverse
+\&...]
 .RB [ \-and
 \&...]
 .RB [ \-or
@@ -177,6 +179,20 @@ will
 also honor a specification of the form \*(lq\-dd\*(rq, which means
 \*(lqdd days ago\*(rq.
 .PP
+Use the
+.BR \-reverse
+switch to make
+.B pick
+find matching messages in reverse order, working from the highest message
+number down to the lowest.  This can be useful in for searching recent
+messages in large folders, for example,
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+pick\0\-reverse\0\-from\0frated\0|\0xargs\0\-n1\0scan
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
 .B Pick
 supports complex boolean operations on the searching primitives
 with the

diff --git a/test/pick/test-pick b/test/pick/test-pick
index 858d8e7..ca19bb8 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/pick/test-pick
+++ b/test/pick/test-pick
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ run_test 'pick -not -subject message.8 last:5' '7
 10
 11'
 
+# Test -reverse.
+run_test 'pick -reverse -not -subject message.8 last:5' '11
+10
+9
+7'
+
 # Test -lbrace, -rbrace.
 run_test 'pick -subject message.12 -and -subject message.3 -or -from Test4' '4'
 run_test 'pick -subject message.12 -and -lbrace -subject message.3 -rbrace' \

diff --git a/uip/pick.c b/uip/pick.c
index d29799b..fba190a 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/pick.c
+++ b/uip/pick.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <h/utils.h>
 
 #define PICK_SWITCHES \
+    X("reverse", 0, REVSW) \
     X("and", 0, ANDSW) \
     X("or", 0, ORSW) \
     X("not", 0, NOTSW) \
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     struct msgs *mp, *mp2;
     register FILE *fp;
     int debug = 0;
+    int reverse = 0;
 
     if (nmh_init(argv[0], 1)) { return 1; }
 
@@ -104,6 +106,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                listsw = 0;     /* HACK */
                done (0);
 
+            case REVSW:
+                reverse = 1;
+                continue;
+
            case CCSW: 
            case DATESW: 
            case FROMSW: 
@@ -231,7 +237,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
      * match.  If there is NOT a match, then add it to a list to
      * remove from the final sequence (it will make sense later)
      */
-    for (msgnum = mp->lowsel; msgnum <= mp->hghsel; msgnum++) {
+    for (msgnum = reverse ? mp->hghsel : mp->lowsel;
+         reverse ? msgnum >= mp->lowsel : msgnum <= mp->hghsel;
+         msgnum += reverse ? -1 : 1) {
        if (is_selected (mp, msgnum)) {
            if ((fp = fopen (cp = m_name (msgnum), "r")) == NULL)
                admonish (cp, "unable to read message");