MAILTEXTBODY(1)

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version 0.1.5 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💌 mailtextbody — bestie, it gets the body of your email 💌

okay so picture this: you got a raw email sitting there, headers and all, and you just want the actual message, right? that's literally what mailtextbody is for. it's a section 1 User Command, so it's a real one, and it's about to be your new fave. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mailtextbody [OPTION...] mailtextbody < rawmail > textplain

no cap, that's the whole vibe: feed it raw mail on stdin, get plain text out the other side. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so mailtextbody is a program that returns the body of an email message. that's it. that's the whole job. it reads your mail, it finds the body, it hands it over. iconic behaviour, honestly. 💅

here's every single option, and yes we're doing all of them:

  • -m, --mimetype=value — the MIME type you want it to go looking for. the default is "text/plain". that's the one you get if you don't say anything, bestie. 🦋
  • -?, --help — give this help list. it's giving "help me help you". 😭
  • --usage — give a short usage message. short and sweet, the way we like it. ✨
  • -V, --version — print program version. so you know exactly which queen you're working with. 👑
real talk though: mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. so like, if the long one needs a value, the short one needs it too. they match. they're a set. don't separate them. 💀

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? don't be shy, tell on it — report bugs to <toast@toastfreeware.priv.at>. they wanna know, fr fr. 🙈

🌈 that's a wrap 🌈

this whole thing is mailtextbody version 0.1.5, and it was living its truth back in April 2024. go forth and extract some bodies, bestie — you got this. 💖✨🎀

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