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Re: splitting mbox files



on Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 12:52:22PM +0900, Vincent Lefevre (vincent@vinc17.org) wrote:
> 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.

Show me an mbox file with a message line starting with "From".

After you've looked for a while, do some research on Google, and then
tell us one of the really annoying quirks of the mbox format.


Peace.

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