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The <tt>[[mu|mailutils]] query</tt> command queries values from GNU Mailutils configuration files. It takes one or more [[Configuration Pathname|configuration path]]s as its arguments. On output, it displays the values it found, each value on a separate line. If the requested value is a block statement it is displayed in full. For example, if main configuration file contained:

<source lang="C">
logging {
syslog yes;
facility mail;
};
</source>

Then:

$ mailutils query .logging.syslog
syslog yes;
$ mailutils query .logging.syslog .logging.facility
syslog yes;
facility mail;
$ mailutils query .logging
logging {
syslog yes;
facility mail;
};

Several command line options allow to modify output format. The <tt>--value</tt> option instructs the command to output only values:

$ mailutils query --value .logging.syslog
yes

The <tt>--path</tt> option instructs it to print full path names for each value:

$ mailutils query --path .logging.syslog
logging.syslog: yes

The <tt>--program</tt> option instructs <tt>mailutils</tt> to behave as if it was called under another program name. For example, the following command:

$ mailutils query --program=pop3d .server.transcript

will return the value of the <tt>server.transcript</tt> statement for <tt>pop3d</tt> utility.

By default, <tt>mailutils query</tt> operates on the main configuration file. Another configuration file can be supplied using the <tt>--file</tt> (<tt>-f</tt>) option:

$ mailutils query --file /usr/local/etc/file.conf .pidfile

== See also ==
* [[mailutils (utility)]]

[[Category:utilities]]

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