When removing mail files, use xargs -0 instead of -l to avoid whitespace errors.

[notmuch-wiki] / excluding.mdwn

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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This will find messages from "foo" with the tag "spam", even though
 Notmuch makes it very easy to access the underlying mail files
 associated with specific search terms using the "file" output format
 of notmuch search.  To find all message files associated with the tag
-"foo" rung:
+"foo" run:
 
         $ notmuch search --output=files tag:foo
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ be used to train a spam filter:
 
 It can also be used to purge mail files from disk:
 
-        $ notmuch search --output=files tag:deleted | xargs -l rm
+        $ notmuch search --format=text0 --output=files tag:deleted | xargs -0 rm
 
 Make sure you run "notmuch new" after the last command so the database
 becomes aware that the files have been removed and can remove the