Re: splitting mbox files

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2003-11-16 14:16:40 +0000, ben wrote:
> pigeon posted this script just yesterday.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
>  #!/bin/bash
>  IFS=$'\n'
>  i=0
>  BASENAME="split.mbox"
>  while read x; do
>      echo "$x" | grep '^From ' && i=$(( i + 1 ))
>      echo "$x" >> $BASENAME.$i
>  done
>  
> -------------------------------------------------

This won't work if you have a message containing a line starting
with "From ". No problem with Mutt.

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