Re: [Evolution] export message to mbox and then process with script

["Gilchrist, Michael Aaron" <mikeg utk edu>]

   -----Original Message-----
   From: "Gilchrist, Michael Aaron via evolution-list" <evolution-
   list gnome org>
   Subject: [Evolution] export message to mbox and then process with
   script
   Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:44:52 +0000

       I often want to save a message as a simple txt file. Currently,
   I
       export a message I want to save to a .mbox file and then run a
   script
       on it to extract the text.  The script uses the From, Date, and
   Subject
       information to automatically generate a meaningful file name.
   I'm 
       wondering how I can automate this.



   From: Alex Doll <alex doll agdconsulting ca>
   To: "evolution-list gnome org" <evolution-list gnome org>
   Subject: Re: [Evolution] export message to mbox and then process
   with script
   Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:09:39 -0700

   Hi Mike
   Be warned, the rabbit hole you are about to dive down is DEEP.

   Linux has some pretty powerful tools for manipulating raw text data
   from a shell, so what you are really asking about is "how do I
   manipulate text files using the shell and pipes".  It isn't really
   an
   evolution-specific question.

   This isn't the right forum for Linux shell questions, but I'll give
   you
   a hint to try searching duckduckgo for topics like "parsing text
   files
   from bash scripts".

   Here's two web pages that gives you a high-level picture of the
   text
   manipulation possible in Linux:
    
   https://www.linux.org/threads/command-line-text-manipulation.11825/

   
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22546395/shell-bash-parsing-text-file

   Also read up on "pipes" and "regex" (aka "regular expressions").  

   Good luck!


Hi Alex et al.,

Many thanks for your replies.  To be clear, I've already gone down and
emerged from the scripting rabbit hole and I have a solution that I can
run on .mbox files from the command line.  I was hoping to add a
command like "save as mbox" that would allow me to run it from within
Evolution.  However, based on Pete's suggestion, the most feasible
solution is to export them as a .mbox and then have a cron job that
converts everything in the folder I export them to.  So now I just need
to figure out how to set the default .mbox export folder setting...

Again, thanks everyone for your help.

Mike