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aerc(1)
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# NAME
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aerc - the world's best email client
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# SYNOPSIS
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_aerc_ [-v]
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For a guided tutorial, use *:help tutorial* from aerc, or *man aerc-tutorial*
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from your terminal.
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# OPTIONS
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*-v*
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Prints the installed version of aerc and exits.
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# RUNTIME COMMANDS
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To execute a command, press ':' to bring up the command interface. Commands may
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also be bound to keys, see *aerc-config*(5) for details. In some contexts, such
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as the terminal emulator, ';' is used to bring up the command interface.
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Different commands work in different contexts, depending on the kind of tab you
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have selected.
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## GLOBAL COMMANDS
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These commands work in any context.
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*cd* <directory>
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Changes aerc's current working directory.
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*pwd*
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Displays aerc's current working directory in the status bar.
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*term* [command...]
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Opens a new terminal tab with a shell running in the current working
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directory, or the specified command.
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*prev-tab* [n], *next-tab* [n]
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Cycles to the previous or next tab in the list, repeating n times
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(default: 1).
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*quit*
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Exits aerc.
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## MESSAGE COMMANDS
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These commands are valid in any context that has a selected message (e.g. the
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message list, the message in the message viewer, etc).
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*archive* <scheme>
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Moves the selected message to the archive. The available schemes are:
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*flat*: No special structure, all messages in the archive directory
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*year*: Messages are stored in folders per year
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*month*: Messages are stored in folders per year and subfolders per month
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*copy* <target>
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Copies the selected message to the target folder.
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*delete*
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Deletes the selected message.
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*forward*
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Opens the composer to forward the selected message to another recipient.
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*move* <target>
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Moves the selected message to the target folder.
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*reply* [-aq]
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Opens the composer to reply to the selected message.
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*-a*: Reply all
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*-q*: Insert a quoted version of the selected message into the reply editor
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*read*
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Marks the selected message as read.
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*unread*
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Marks the selected message as unread.
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## MESSAGE LIST COMMANDS
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*cf* <folder>
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Change the folder shown in the message list.
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*compose*
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Open the compose window to send a new email. The new email will be sent with
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the current account's outgoing transport configuration, see
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*aerc-config*(5) for details on configuring outgoing emails.
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*mkdir* <name>
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Creates a new folder for this account and changes to that folder.
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*next-folder* <n>, *prev-folder* <n>
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Cycles to the next (or previous) folder shown in the sidebar, repeated n
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times (default: 1).
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*next* <n>[%], *prev-message* <n>[%]
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Selects the next (or previous) message in the message list. If specified as
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a percentage, the percentage is applied to the number of messages shown on
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screen and the cursor advances that far.
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*pipe* <cmd>
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Downloads and pipes the selected message into the given shell command, and
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opens a new terminal tab to show the result.
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*select* <n>
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Selects the nth message in the message list (and scrolls it into view if
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necessary).
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*view*
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Opens the message viewer to display the selected message.
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## MESSAGE VIEW COMMANDS
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*open*
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Saves the current message part in a temporary file and opens it
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with xdg-open.
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*pipe* <cmd>
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Downloads and pipes the current message part into the given shell command,
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and opens a new terminal tab to show the result.
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*save* [-p] <path>
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Saves the current message part to the given path.
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*-p*: Make any directories in the path that do not exist
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*close*
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Closes the message viewer.
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## TERMINAL COMMANDS
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*close*
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Closes the terminal.
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# LOGGING
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Aerc does not log by default, but collecting log output can be useful for
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troubleshooting and reporting issues. Redirecting stdout when invoking aerc will
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write log messages to that file:
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$ aerc > log
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# SEE ALSO
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*aerc-config*(5) *aerc-imap*(5) *aerc-smtp*(5) *aerc-tutorial*(7)
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# AUTHORS
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Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open
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source contributors. For more information about aerc development, see
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https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc.
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