Quick Reference Guide to Extract

Switch Effect Argument
-a Use with multiple -f switches to require all strings for a match. When -w is used, all strings must be in the same response. Without -w, all strings must be on the same line. None
-b Extract responses made before date specified. Date
-B Extract responses made before the specified file's modification time. Filename
-d Exclude responses made by the specified user(s) Can be used with @filename, where filename contains a list of up to 64 users. Userid(s)
-e Use with -f to require a case-sensitive match. None
-E Exclude private conferences of which you are a member. None
-f Extract responses with a given text string. Use up to 32 -f switches. Textstring
-F Extract frozen topics only. None
-g Use with -p or -P to include forgotten topics, which will otherwise be excluded. None
-G Extract from forgotten topics only. None
-h Include the text of hidden responses when extracting one or more topics. None
-H Extract hidden responses only. None
-i Use to produce a statistical inventory of topic numbers, lines, words, bytes and user of responses specified elsewhere in your command. None
-L Extract linked topics only. None
-m Invokes the more pager. None
-n Extracts new responses only. None
-o Extracts response headers only, without body of response. None
-p Use with -n; updates participation file as if topics have been read. None
-P Use with -n; does not update participation file. None
-r Include retired topics if a whole conference is extracted. None
-R Extract retired topics only. None
-s Extract response since a specified date. Date
-S Extract responses since a specified file's modification date. Filename
-t Extract topic titles only. None
-T Extract topic titles containing a specified textstring. Textstring
-u Extract responses by a particular user or users. Userid(s)
-U Extract a list of the users posting responses specified elsewhere in the extract command. Userid(s)
-w Used with -f; extracts the entire response when a text match is found. When -a is also used, looks for text matches in an entire response, rather than a particular line of a response. None
-X Extract scribbled response only. None

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