To extract an entire conference, follow the extract command with the name(s) of any conferences you wish to extract:
extract conference(s)
extract classical extracts the entire Classical Music Conference.
extract classical misc extracts all text in the Classical Music and Miscellaneous conferences.
The Well's conferences are large, so use additional selection criteria to limit the amount of material you extract.
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To extract one or more topics from a given conference, follow the extract command with the name of the conference and the numbers of any topics you wish to extract.
extract conference topic#(s)
extract books 175 extracts topic 175 from the Books conference.
extract books 175-180 extracts topics 175 through 180 from the Books conference.
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To extract responses by response number, follow the conference name and topic number with the response numbers.
extract conference topic# response #(s)
extract books 175 2 extracts topic 175, response 2 from the Books conference.
extract books 175 2-70 extracts topic 175, responses 2 through 70 from the Books conference.
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You can use your .cflist, a file containing the names of all the conferences you usually read, to extract all new responses in those conferences.
extract -n @.cflist
The above extracts all new responses from the conferences on your .cflist, as if you had used the see new command.
Use the -E switch to exclude private conferences when you refer to your .cflist.
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