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.SH NAME
mu extract\- display and save message parts (attachments)
mu extract\- display and save message parts (attachments), and open them with
other tools.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBmu extact\fR is the \fBmu\fR sub-command for extracting MIME-parts (e.g.,
attachments) from mail messages. It works on message files, and does not
require the message to be indexed.
require the message to be indexed in the database.
For attachments, the file name used for saving is the name of the attachment
in the message. If there is no such name, or when saving other MIME-parts, a
name is derived from the message-id of the message.
For attachments, the file name used when saving it, is the name of the
attachment in the message. If there is no such name, or when saving
non-attachment MIME-parts, a name is derived from the message-id of the
message.
If you specify a pattern (a case-insensitive regular expression) as the second
argument, all attachments with filenames matching that pattern will be
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$ mu extract msgfile '.*\.jpg'
.fi
To extract an mp3-file, and play it in the the default mp3-playing application
(requires \fIxdg-open\fR):
.nf
$ mu extract --play msgfile 'whoopsididitagain.mp3'
.fi
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs if you find them: