| 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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